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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Steven say goodbye to behind the VA hospital?
(a) The pigeons.
(b) The cranes.
(c) A big oak tree.
(d) The ducks.

2. What type of a necklace was Bess Johnson wearing when she first saw Abraham at the clinic for an examination?
(a) Pearls.
(b) Her birthstone.
(c) A locket.
(d) A cross.

3. Where does Abraham meet Will Johnson Jr. to learn about his father's death?
(a) Pizza Hut.
(b) A fast food restaurant.
(c) A Mexican restaurant.
(d) An Italian restaurant.

4. Where was Abraham going after he left Tennessee?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Wisconsin.

5. At the Mountain Home cemetery, which veterans have their gravestones in a circle known as the "silent circle"?
(a) Civil War Veterans.
(b) Spanish-American War Veterans.
(c) World War I Veterans.
(d) World War II Veterans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were Will Johnson's eyes?

2. What was the name of the beer-and-sandwich joint where Hobart Carter worked?

3. What hymn ended Bess Johnson's funeral?

4. How tall was Hobart Carter?

5. Where did Clyde want to go after he and his family went to the Grand Ole Opry and other sights in Nashville?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Abraham faced with a dilemma when any of his HIV-infected patients required surgery?

2. What gift did Cameron give Vickie for Abraham?

3. What does Bess Johnson mean when she says that the surgeon was an "outspoken Christian"?

4. What worry did Otis Jackson have as he neared the end of his life?

5. Why does Abraham believe that HIV is a disease that has been imported to east Tennessee?

6. What did an intern warn Bess Johnson about?

7. What miracle did Norman Sanger witness when he was in his teens?

8. What was the uniform of gay men in the 1970s?

9. Why does Will Johnson tell Abraham that he and his wife are not facing HIV alone?

10. What did Hobart Carter want done with his body after his death?

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