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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 Paul Farmer's opinion on the role of the rich in poverty?
(a) Until the rich are forced to live like paupers, nothing will ever change.
(b) The rich create it and encourage poverty by their lack of response.
(c) While they can't be blamed, they must act now.
(d) Rich people are obligated to care for the poor.

2. What action does Paul Farmer take after meeting and examining the patient named Joe in 1999?
(a) Sends him home with his mother.
(b) Admits him to the hospital.
(c) Arranges to speak to his congressman.
(d) Pays for his funeral.

3. Who is the project director of the Russian TB project?
(a) Alex Goldfarb.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Fritz LaFontain.
(d) Mikail Frank.

4. What other diseases are the patients that Paul Farmer sees in Haiti very likely to have in conjunction with Tuberculosis, according to comments in Medicos Aventureros?
(a) Typhoid and Rheumatism.
(b) Scarlett Fever and Sepsis.
(c) Dysentry and Malaria.
(d) HIV and AIDS.

5. Who is Julianna DeWolf?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A reporter.
(c) Paul's first love.
(d) A nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does the book say that Paul Farmer struggled with?

2. What is true of Paul and Jim in the beginning of the A Light Month for Travel section?

3. Where does Paul Farmer first encounter Haitian people?

4. What is the Artibonte?

5. What is the average lifespan in Haiti, according to the first section of the novel?

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