My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS Test | Final Test - Hard

Abraham Verghese
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS Test | Final Test - Hard

Abraham Verghese
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 the first shelter that Clyde ran off to?

2. What did the congregation recite at Bess Johnson's funeral?

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

4. Where did Sue McCoy train?

5. When Will Johnson was in the hospital in Johnson City, where did Abraham go to attend a national infectious diseases meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the circumstances surrounding Will Johnson's heart attack?

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

5. What did an intern warn Bess Johnson about?

6. Why, after Norman's death, does Abraham always decide to have morphine available for his patients?

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

8. Why does Will Johnson tell Abraham that he and his wife are not facing HIV alone?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rajani is not pleased to be leaving Tennessee. Discuss why Rajani agrees to move to Iowa. Use examples from "My Own Country".

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, explain what Abraham meant when he said that doctors were reimbursed for doing, not for thinking.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the meaning of the book's title and how it relates to Abraham's search for a country. Use examples from "My Own Country".

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