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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. Where did Fred Goodson study his junior year in college?

2. What was Fred Goodson's occupation when he met Abraham?

3. What time was Abraham on his way to the ICU at the Miracle Center on June 10, 1987?

4. After a code blue was called on a young man admitted in August of 1985 to the Johnson City Medical Center, who performed the chest compression?

5. Where was the first place that Abraham experienced racism?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gordon feel after his baptism?

2. Why did Abraham's grandfather finally let Abraham's mother, Miriam, go to Ethiopia to teach?

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

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

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

6. What did Abraham learn about unexplained fevers in AIDS patients as he gained experience?

7. What were church services like for Abraham in Ethiopia?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the deaths of various patients affected Abraham. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss why Abraham was so interested in learning about a "good" death.

Essay Topic 3

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

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