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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through O for the P, pages 238-298.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Paul and the Partners in Health staff say they knew about their goal after receiving the Gates endowment?
(a) That it will be a challenge to meet this goal, despite large amounts of money.
(b) That it will take all the funds to meet the goal.
(c) That they will reach their goal well before its deadline.
(d) That they can focus on the goal now that the financial stress is gone.

2. Where does the book stay that AIDS patients in Cuba were quarantined?
(a) At a prison in Havana.
(b) Near Havana in a country side hacienda.
(c) At a hospital in Havana.
(d) At a clinic called Socios de Cuba.

3. What award does Paul Farmer receive in the summer of 1993?
(a) The Caldecott Award.
(b) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) The Turner Fellowship.
(d) The MacArthur Award.

4. What are PIHers?
(a) Financial contributors to PIH.
(b) Patients at Zanmi Lasante.
(c) Staff who work for Paul.
(d) Those who believe in the PIH mission.

5. What organization supports the creation of generic version of TB drugs, beside the World Health Organization, according to the Medicos Aventureros section?
(a) Internation Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
(b) UNICEF.
(c) Doctors without Borders.
(d) The Catholic Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Paul's mentor?

2. Why doesn't Paul return to Haiti in September of 1991?

3. What does Paul Farmer say the world needs to care less about in order to create successes like those in Haiti?

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

5. How does Paul Farmer refer to poverty in A Light Month for Travel?

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