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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. How old were Fred Goodson and Otis Jackson?

2. What did Abraham like to do on Sunday mornings?

3. What subject did Abraham's parents teach?

4. When did Abraham first come to America?

5. How far did Bobby Keller and Ed Maupin have to drive to see Abraham for an HIV test?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. Describe the staff quarters where Abraham and Rajani lived in Tennessee.

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

6. How did Gordon feel after his baptism?

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

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

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

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

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

In Chapter 25, Abraham consults Osler to try to find information about the kind of medicine he wants to practice. Discuss the type of medicine that Abraham wanted to practice. Use examples from the book.

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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