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Abraham Verghese
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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. When Luther Hines first stumbled out of Abraham's clinic refusing admission, how many days did Abraham and Carol think he might live?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 days.
(d) A week.

2. What was the first shelter that Clyde ran off to?
(a) Salvation Army.
(b) Goodwill Inn.
(c) Door of Hope.
(d) Haven of Mercy.

3. By 1989, how many HIV-infected patients were in Abraham's practice?
(a) Over 80.
(b) Around 75.
(c) Around 85.
(d) Over 90.

4. Which of Abraham's patients liked to use the phrase "accentuate the positive"?
(a) Petie Granger.
(b) Ethan Nidiffer.
(c) Raleigh.
(d) Bobby Keller.

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) Archives of Internal Medicine.
(b) Journal of Infectious Diseases.
(c) New England Journal of Medicine.
(d) Journal of the American Medical Association.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vickie buy with Clyde's insurance money?

2. What was Fred giving Otis around the clock when Otis was dying?

3. What baseball team was Norman's passion?

4. Where had Luther Hines lived before coming to Tennessee?

5. How long would it take the Johnson's to drive to Johnson City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some problems with the first office that the Tri-City Aids Project (TAP) rented for an office?

2. Why did Abraham stop referring patients to the gastroenterologist who saw Will Johnson?

3. What does Rajani suggest she and Abraham do the morning after Thanksgiving, and what does Abraham say in reply?

4. What did an intern warn Bess Johnson about?

5. What does Bess Johnson mean when she says that the surgeon was an "outspoken Christian"?

6. Who was Lorraine Day, and what did she say about AIDS?

7. Why did the administrator of the Miracle Center ask to speak with Abraham?

8. Why does Will Johnson tell Abraham that he and his wife are not facing HIV alone?

9. Why did Jacko move from Sacramento to Tennessee?

10. What was the uniform of gay men in the 1970s?

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