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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Medicos Aventureros, pages 123-178.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovers that many patents on TB drugs are expired and argues for the creation of generic versions?
(a) Jim Yong Kim.
(b) Arata Kochi.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Paul Farmer.

2. What do the people of Cange use as roofs on their homes when Paul first visits?
(a) Tin roofs.
(b) No roofs.
(c) Planked wooden roofs.
(d) Thatched banana leaf roofs.

3. What is true of Tom White?
(a) He is a millionaire.
(b) He is dying.
(c) He is marries Ophelia.
(d) He is a missionary.

4. What is the name of Paul's thesis?
(a) Contamination in Cange.
(b) AIDS and Accusation.
(c) Infection Disease, Poverty and Prevention.
(d) Prevention and Poverty.

5. What is the average lifespan in Haiti, according to the first section of the novel?
(a) 80 years old.
(b) 20 years old.
(c) 50 years old.
(d) 40 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true about the drug for Tuberculosis, according to Paul Farmer?

2. What nickname did his daughters give to Paul Farmer's father?

3. Who is Julianna DeWolf?

4. Who is Senora Brigada?

5. What is the junta suspected of doing in Mirebalais in the first section of the story labeled Dokte Paul?

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