How did the author get to know her house was set on fire and what would she do with her patients?
【正确答案】：（1）She got to know her house was set on fire through one of her friends.（2）She was determined to continue helping AIDS-infected patients.
【题目解析】：细节线索题和判断推理题。题干问了两个问题：1.作者是如何得知自己的房子被人烧掉的？2.接下来她会如何解决病人的问题？第一个问题在原文倒数第二段中有着明确的答案，原文如下when I got the news that it was on fire. The friend who told me begged me not to go home，显然作者是从朋友那里听说房子着火的。文章倒数第二段作者提到自己的人生选择时说：每一次我都是固执地做我认为正确的事情，而不是别人期待我做的事情。在最后一段作者表明自己的立场：就算我固执己见、独立不羁、一无所成，那又怎样呢？我就是我。）可见，作者对于自己的人生选择十分坚定。因此，可以推断，作者还会继续帮助艾滋病人，因为这是她认为正确的事情。
