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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Abraham when his second son was born?

2. How many churches were in Johnson City in 1987?

3. Where did Fred Goodson live when he quit trying to hide the fact that he was gay?

4. What type of car did Clyde's male lover drive?

5. For how many years did Gordon disappear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Abraham go to Gordon's funeral?

2. What are some places where Abraham goes with his son Steven in the evening?

3. What did Essie have to make the funeral director do after she had Gordon's coffin opened?

4. What is given to a young man who was driving from New York to his parents' home in Johnson, after he awakes frightened in the ICU?

5. How did Gordon feel after his baptism?

6. What did Vickie McCary do when she learned her husband Clyde had AIDS?

7. What lingers in his mind when Abraham thinks back to his first AIDS patients?

8. What places had Abraham visited in Abingdon, Virginia?

9. Why did the barns of Tennessee fascinate Abraham?

10. What does Gordon tell Essie about the vision of Jesus that he saw?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rajani is not pleased to be leaving Tennessee. Discuss why Rajani agrees to move to Iowa. Use examples from "My Own Country".

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how nurses and hospital staff treated AIDS patients at the Miracle Center. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 25, Abraham consults Osler to try to find information about the kind of medicine he wants to practice. Discuss the type of medicine that Abraham wanted to practice. Use examples from the book.

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