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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through O for the P, pages 238-298.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Partners in Health?
(a) Tom White's Clinic in Boston.
(b) Paul Farmer's fund raising organization.
(c) Fitz Lafontant's Clinic in Haiti.
(d) Ophelia's hospital in Cange.

2. What does Paul Farmer switch his major from when he enters Harvard Medical School?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Computer science.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Research science.

3. Who secured the future of Partners in Health by securing the $45 million endowment?
(a) Jim Yong Kim.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Paul Farmer.
(d) Tracy Kidder.

4. What is the outcome for the patient named John that Paul Farmer refers for treatment in the O for the P?
(a) He dies.
(b) He receives treatment at the last possible moment.
(c) He lives to become an old man and a staff member at Zanmi Lasante.
(d) He lives for several more years.

5. What is defined as a benefit to the people, from the Haitian government in 2000?
(a) The country has a new source of income.
(b) The country has a strong internal structure.
(c) The people are free of terror.
(d) The people have more health clinics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Paul's mentor?

2. How is Paul's knee shattered in 1988?

3. What is DOTS?

4. What do the people of Cange use as roofs on their homes when Paul first visits?

5. Who arranges for Paul Farmer and his wife to vacation in France while he is recovering from his illness?

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