My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Abraham Verghese
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Abraham Verghese
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. When did Abraham first come to America?

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

3. At the beginning of Chapter 5, where does Abraham say he was scheduled to give an AIDS talk?

4. On June 10, 1987, what caused a mini traffic jam on Dogwood Avenue.

5. What type of cancer had Essie had?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of Fred Goodson's activities after he got his degree in Wisconsin and returned to Tennessee?

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

3. Describe what Abraham saw when he went to the cemetery where Gordon was buried.

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. Describe the staff quarters where Abraham and Rajani lived in Tennessee.

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

7. What was done with the respirator that was used on the first AIDS patient in Johnson City in 1985?

8. How could Abraham have influenced Ed's family to not put him on a respirator?

9. How did Christianity come to the Malabar coast of India?

10. Where did Abraham serve as a physician in Johnson City?

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

Using examples from "My Own Country", compare and contrast the reactions of families when they learned that a family member was HIV-infected.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, explain what Abraham meant when he said that doctors were reimbursed for doing, not for thinking.

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