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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 - Medium

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 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What field of study did Fred Goodson have a degree in?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Biology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Business.

2. How many times was Gordon hospitalized with bronchitis between the ages of 4-7?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. What bird did Abraham think he heard early in the morning on June 10, 1987?
(a) Scarlet Tanager.
(b) Yellow-throated Vireo.
(c) Yellow warbler.
(d) Northern mockingbird.

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

5. What was Abraham's favorite doughnut?
(a) Powdered strawberry-filled donut.
(b) Chocolate glazed donut.
(c) Chocolate iced donut with sprinkles.
(d) Glazed blueberry donut.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Abraham's infectious disease mentor in Tennessee?

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

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

4. How long after the first AIDS patient is treated in Johnson City does Abraham return to Tennessee?

5. When were the brick buildings built for the Mountain Home VA?

Short Essay Questions

1. A young man is taken to the ER on August 11, 1985; how do his parents react when they learn he has AIDS?

2. 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?

3. How did Gordon feel after his baptism?

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

5. Why did Abraham's grandfather finally let Abraham's mother, Miriam, go to Ethiopia to teach?

6. What were two problems with the foreign physicians that the staff at the Mountain Home VA had to deal with?

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

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

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

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

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