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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 - Easy

Abraham Verghese
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Abraham sing to his son Steven for a goodnight song?
(a) "You are My Sunshine".
(b) "Brahms Lullaby".
(c) "Day is Done".
(d) "Puff the Magic Dragon".

2. By June of 1987, how many AIDS patients had been seen at the VA hospital?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. To whom do Abraham's parents trace their religion back to?
(a) Apostle Paul.
(b) Apostle Thomas.
(c) Apostle John.
(d) Apostle Peter.

4. How many men flew from New York to see the young man admitted to Johnson City Medical Center August 1985?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. When does Abraham treat his first AIDS patient?
(a) April 1980.
(b) July 1983.
(c) March 1981.
(d) January 1987.

6. Where did Essie's brother move when he first finished high school?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Miami.
(c) Kingsport.
(d) Atlanta.

7. What happened to Gordon two nights after he and his father came for a checkup with Abraham?
(a) He had a stroke.
(b) He got pneumonia.
(c) He fell down the stairs.
(d) He was diagnosed with encephalitis.

8. Where did Abraham finish medical school?
(a) America.
(b) Carribbean.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) India.

9. What year did Abraham hear from Essie Vines again?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1988.

10. How old was Abraham when his second son was born?
(a) 32.
(b) 31.
(c) 34.
(d) 35.

11. What was Gordon's temperature when Abraham examined him for the first time?
(a) 101 degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) 103 degrees Fahrenheit.

12. When did Abraham first come to America?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1976.

13. At the beginning of Chapter 5, where does Abraham say he was scheduled to give an AIDS talk?
(a) Lebanon, Virginia.
(b) Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
(c) Norton, Virginia. Elizabethton, Tennessee.
(d) Jonesborough, Tennessee.

14. At the VA hospital, what was the nickname for the room where veterans were moved when they were dying?
(a) Yellow Room.
(b) Blue Room.
(c) Rose Room.
(d) Green Room.

15. Where was the first place that Abraham experienced racism?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Bobby Keller have?

2. How old was Abraham's first AIDS patient?

3. What size was Vickie and Clyde McCray's trailer?

4. Where does Abraham say that HIV came from?

5. Where did Gordon have his HIV test done?

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