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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. Why had Scotty Daws come to the emergency room?

2. What was the name of the first gay bar that Fred Goodson went to?

3. What type of car did Vickie McCray drive?

4. How many children did Bobby Keller have?

5. Where did Bobby Keller and Ed Maupin go to meet other gay men?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gordon feel after his baptism?

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

3. What does a doctor look for in a patient exam?

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

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

8. What did Essie have to make the funeral director do after she had Gordon's coffin opened?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Johnsons' faith and how it helped them when they were diagnosed with HIV. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from "My Own Country", compare and contrast the reactions of families when they learned that a family member was HIV-infected.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Abraham's view of the physician-patient relationship with the views of other doctors mentioned in the book.

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