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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 was Abraham going after he left Tennessee?

2. What song would Norman Sanger listen to when, as a child, he would wake with pain in the night?

3. What did Steven say goodbye to behind the VA hospital?

4. How many good years did Norman promise Claire when he asked her to marry him?

5. When was a placebo-controlled trial of AZT stopped prematurely?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some problems with the first office that the Tri-City Aids Project (TAP) rented for an office?

2. In February of 1988, why did Abraham's duties at the VA take on a new twist?

3. Why was Abraham faced with a dilemma when any of his HIV-infected patients required surgery?

4. What was the uniform of gay men in the 1970s?

5. Why does Abraham believe that HIV is a disease that has been imported to east Tennessee?

6. What gift did Cameron give Vickie for Abraham?

7. Who was Lorraine Day, and what did she say about AIDS?

8. What does Rajani suggest she and Abraham do the morning after Thanksgiving, and what does Abraham say in reply?

9. Where did most of the HIV-infected patients live who came for treatment in Johnson City?

10. What does Bess Johnson mean when she says that the surgeon was an "outspoken Christian"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Will Johnson believed that HIV was a test. Discuss what Will Johnson meant when he said that HIV was a test for him. Use examples from the book.

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