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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. Who was Clyde's male lover?
(a) Brian.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Jewell.
(d) Bubba.

2. What type of car did Vickie McCray drive?
(a) Probe.
(b) Cavalier.
(c) Escort.
(d) Torino.

3. What kind of flowers did Essie buy for Gordon's casket.
(a) A bouquet of Shasta daisies.
(b) A dozen yellow roses.
(c) A dozen red roses.
(d) A bouquet of lilies.

4. How old was Clyde McCray?
(a) 35.
(b) 48.
(c) 42.
(d) 31.

5. On June 10, 1987, what caused a mini traffic jam on Dogwood Avenue.
(a) A minor fender bender.
(b) A semi with a flat tire.
(c) Two ducks crossing the road.
(d) Two veterans shuffling across the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Abraham hear from Essie Vines again?

2. If Ed Maupin had been wearing a robe, what could he have played in a Biblical story?

3. Where were Ed Maupin and Bobby Keller from?

4. What is the nickname interns gave Johnson City Medical Center?

5. Where were Abraham's parents born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the nurses treat Gordon at the hospital?

2. What were the rural hospitals like where Abraham would work in small emergency rooms on weekends?

3. What did Abraham learn about unexplained fevers in AIDS patients as he gained experience?

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

5. What lingers in his mind when Abraham thinks back to his first AIDS patients?

6. How did Gordon feel after his baptism?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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