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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Light Month for Travel, pages 179-238.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization, in addition to the World Health Organization, does Paul Farmer present his MDR TB findings to after meeting Senora Brigada?
(a) DOTS.
(b) International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
(c) Doctors without Borders.
(d) The Gates Foundation.

2. How old is Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder first meet?
(a) 49.
(b) 88.
(c) 35.
(d) 15.

3. Where does Paul Farmer first encounter Haitian people?
(a) From his Aunt Lillian.
(b) Where he helps to pick citrus.
(c) From his grandmother.
(d) On his first visit to Cange.

4. How does Father Jack die?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Colon Cancer.
(c) MDR TB.
(d) A car accident.

5. Why are there soldiers in Haiti in 1994?
(a) To maintain a military presence in a peaceful time.
(b) To bring aid and food supplies.
(c) To keep peace before the new election.
(d) To support the new government from an ousted regime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jean Bertrand-Aristide?

2. Why does Paul Farmer travel light when he flies?

3. What countries does Paul Farmer approach for assistance with the doctors and money he needs in A Light Month for Travel?

4. Why does Paul Farmer tell Tracy Kidder that he can't slow down a pace he knows is much too fast?

5. How is Paul involved with the TB projects in Peru and Russia in the late 1990s?

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