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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 is the name of the hospital where Paul Farmer works four months out of the year?
(a) U Mass.
(b) Boston Children's Hospital.
(c) Brigham and Women's.
(d) Mass General.

2. How do Paul Farmer's colleagues consider his actions during Haiti's troubles in the early 1990s?
(a) Strategic.
(b) Reckless.
(c) Haphazard.
(d) Cautious.

3. What does Fritz Lafontant give Paul Farmer permission to do in Cange?
(a) Conduct a census.
(b) Test residents for TB.
(c) Collect blood samples for research.
(d) Build a school.

4. What is the top reason mentioned that Paul Farmer has an interest in AIDS?
(a) His brother died of AIDS.
(b) It results from social inequality.
(c) AIDS encourages the spread of TB.
(d) He believes a cure is close to being found.

5. Who does Paul Farmer marry?
(a) Artibonte.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Didi.
(d) Ophelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are there soldiers in Haiti in 1994?

2. What school does Paul Farmer get his medical degree from?

3. What disease does Paul contract on his first visit to Cange?

4. What job did Paul hold while living in France?

5. Who does Paul Farmer say the only men on Haiti who experience economic stability are?

(see the answer key)

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