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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. Where does Paul work when he first goes to Haiti?
(a) Dahl Croix Medical.
(b) Eye Care Haiti.
(c) Artibonte Clinique.
(d) Cange Care Haiti.

2. What happens in Haitian politics in 1990?
(a) The Haitian government takes over.
(b) Jean Bertrand-Aristide is elected president.
(c) Baby Doc Duvalier takes over.
(d) Fritz Lafontant is elected president.

3. Where did Paul Farmer first attend college on a full scholarship?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) Boston College.
(c) Duke University.
(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Partners in Health?

2. Why did the people that Paul Farmer work with in Haiti lose their farms?

3. Who is Ophelia Dahl?

4. What is the name of the hospital where Paul Farmer works four months out of the year?

5. What reason is given for the intensity of the Russian TB outbreak?

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