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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 was Fred Goodson's occupation when he met Abraham?

2. Who was the nurse who assisted Abraham in the Infectious Disease clinic?

3. How many lovers had Gordon had?

4. How many churches were in Johnson City in 1987?

5. How many hour shifts would Abraham pull on weekends during his internship and residency in Johnson City?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why the staff at the VA hospital sometimes had problems with foreign physicians. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Will Johnson Jr. is frustrated when a foreign physician forces his mother-in-law to stop helping Will Johnson Sr. Discuss why Will Johnson Jr. is frustrated with some foreign physicians.

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