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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Fred giving Otis around the clock when Otis was dying?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Oxycodone.
(c) Meperidine.
(d) Meprozine.

2. What song would Norman Sanger listen to when, as a child, he would wake with pain in the night?
(a) "Sometimes a Light Surprises".
(b) "I'm Not Alone".
(c) "Joy Comes in the Morning".
(d) "It is Well With My Soul".

3. What would Abraham always have when he went to visit Vickie McCray?
(a) Sweet tea.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) A piece of pie.

4. How much would treatment of AZT cost a patient for a year?
(a) $18,000 to $21,000.
(b) $10,000 to $12,000.
(c) $9,000 to $11,000.
(d) $8,000 to $10,000.

5. Where did Abraham send the paper that he wrote describing the figures he had mapped out and the conclusions he had made about AIDS in rural Tennessee?
(a) Journal of the American Medical Association.
(b) New England Journal of Medicine.
(c) Journal of Infectious Diseases.
(d) Archives of Internal Medicine.

6. What hymn ended Bess Johnson's funeral?
(a) "All Hail the Power".
(b) "Doxology".
(c) "Great is Thy Faithfulness".
(d) "The Old Rugged Cross".

7. After Will Johnson's heart surgery, what did his wife and daughter read to him?
(a) "Valley of Vision".
(b) "Diary of Private Prayer".
(c) "The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Winter".
(d) "Psalms: Prayer Book of the Bible".

8. Where did Darryl's brother live?
(a) Boston.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York City.
(d) Los Angeles.

9. What was Norman Sanger's favorite dessert?
(a) Apple pie.
(b) Cherry cobbler.
(c) Cherry pie.
(d) Peach cobbler.

10. What was Cameron's white blood cell count after twenty-four hours on antibiotics?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 12,000.

11. After Cameron's surgery, how long would the surgeon take care of him on the surgical service?
(a) 48 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 36 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

12. How long after Will's heart surgery did he experience fever, sore throat, and lymph node enlargement?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

13. How old was Bess Johnson when she first saw Abraham?
(a) 52.
(b) 55.
(c) 47.
(d) 48.

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

15. What hymn was sung at Bess Johnson's funeral?
(a) "Day by Day".
(b) "How Great Thou Art".
(c) "Abide With Me".
(d) "Holy, Holy, Holy".

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tried to be first in the chow line at the VA hospital?

2. Where did Will Johnson go to recover after his heart attack?

3. How far did Petie Granger and his mother have to come to see Abraham at the clinic?

4. What did the congregation recite at Bess Johnson's funeral?

5. At the Mountain Home cemetery, which veterans have their gravestones in a circle known as the "silent circle"?

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