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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. Why was Cameron Tolliver admitted to the hospital?

2. By what time did the movers have the moving van loaded when Abraham and his family left Tennessee?

3. How old was Raleigh when he become an alcoholic?

4. How far did Petie Granger and his mother have to come to see Abraham at the clinic?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the doctors at Duke tell Will when he said he wanted a meeting with all his doctors?

3. What gift did Cameron give Vickie for Abraham?

4. What did Will Johnson want to do when he was at Duke and it looked as though surgery was his next option?

5. What miracle did Norman Sanger witness when he was in his teens?

6. Why did Jacko move from Sacramento to Tennessee?

7. Why wasn't Luther Hines staying with his parents?

8. What did Will ask the preacher to tell the congregation at his funeral?

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

10. Why was Abraham furious and humiliated after talking with the Miracle Center administrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from "My Own Country", compare and contrast the reactions of families when they learned that a family member was HIV-infected.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why Abraham thinks that if the young man who drove from New York to Johnson City six years ago would have made his journey in 1989, he would find a community better equipped to deal with him and accept him.

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