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.
Related Topics

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.
Buy the My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many churches were in Johnson City in 1987?
(a) 84.
(b) 57.
(c) 72.
(d) 69.

3. After a code blue was called on a young man admitted in August of 1985 to the Johnson City Medical Center, who performed the chest compression?
(a) Ray.
(b) An ICU nurse.
(c) A beefy intern.
(d) Claire.

4. What was Otis Jackson's CD4 count?
(a) 24.
(b) 15.
(c) 42.
(d) 30.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Essie's job at the hospital where she works?

2. Where was the first place that Abraham experienced racism?

3. When did Abraham first come to America?

4. What type of work did Abraham do when his medical education was interrupted?

5. What subject did Abraham's parents teach?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How had Abraham's Wednesday afternoon clinic changed by 1987?

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

5. Why were Abraham's first days in Boston anxious and disorienting?

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

7. Why did the barns of Tennessee fascinate Abraham?

8. How does Abraham compare the facilities for doctors at the Miracle Center and the VA hospital?

9. What does Gordon tell Essie about the vision of Jesus that he saw?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 987 words
(approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS from BookRags. (c)2026 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.