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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Abraham sing to his son Steven for a goodnight song?

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

3. At the VA hospital, what was the nickname for the room where veterans were moved when they were dying?

4. How many men flew from New York to see the young man admitted to Johnson City Medical Center August 1985?

5. What kind of flowers did Essie buy for Gordon's casket.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the barns of Tennessee fascinate Abraham?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss whether AIDS and Abraham's work with AIDS caused problems in his marriage. Use examples from "My Own Country".

Essay Topic 2

Explain the conflict that Abraham struggled with concerning his desire to help his patients as much as possible without taking away time from his family.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast how nurses and hospital staff treated AIDS patients at the Miracle Center. Use examples from the book.

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