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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 many churches were in Johnson City in 1987?

2. How old was Abraham when his second son was born?

3. Which hospital was for years the premier infectious diseases training program in the country?

4. When does Gordon think he may have contracted AIDS?

5. When did Abraham first come to America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How could Abraham have influenced Ed's family to not put him on a respirator?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from "My Own Country", discuss the reasons why Abraham decided to specialize in infectious diseases.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss the mixed feelings that Abraham has when Rajani wants to buy a house.

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