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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 - 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. Where were Ed Maupin and Bobby Keller from?
(a) Meadowview, Virginia.
(b) Norman, Virginia.
(c) Abingdon, Virginia.
(d) Blacksburg, Virginia.

2. Where does Abraham say that HIV came from?
(a) South America.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Africa.
(d) Dominican Republic.

3. What did Abraham like to do on Sunday mornings?
(a) Play tennis.
(b) Play golf.
(c) Go for walks with his family.
(d) Go jogging.

4. How old were the "girls" who worked in the offices of the tobacco warehouses calculating the worth of baskets of tobacco?
(a) 20s.
(b) 50s.
(c) 60s.
(d) 40s.

5. About how many breaths was Gordon breathing per minute the first time that Abraham examined him?
(a) 30 breaths per minute.
(b) 20 breaths per minute.
(c) 40 breaths per minute.
(d) 15 breaths per minute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird did Abraham think he heard early in the morning on June 10, 1987?

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

3. To whom do Abraham's parents trace their religion back to?

4. Who was the nurse who assisted Abraham in the Infectious Disease clinic?

5. When did Abraham first come to America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did the barns of Tennessee fascinate Abraham?

6. How does Gordon say that he has been feeling?

7. What inspired Fred Goodson to lose weight when he was in college?

8. How did Gordon feel after his baptism?

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

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

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