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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. How much did it cost to treat Scotty Daws in the ICU?

2. What did Luther Hines want Abraham to prescribe for him?

3. What text was used at Bess Johnson's funeral?

4. What was Norman Sanger's favorite dessert?

5. What would Abraham always have when he went to visit Vickie McCray?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Will Johnson contract HIV?

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

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

5. What worry did Otis Jackson have as he neared the end of his life?

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

7. What did Hobart Carter want done with his body after his death?

8. How had Will and Bess Johnson planned their funerals?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the conflict that Abraham struggled with concerning his desire to help his patients as much as possible without taking away time from his family.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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