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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Arata Kochi?
(a) A college friend of Paul's who teaches in France.
(b) A fundraiser at a hospital in Paris.
(c) The head of the World Health Organization's TB program.
(d) The head of the Gates Foundation's TB Program.

2. Where do Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim get many of the drugs for their facility in Peru?
(a) Arata Kochi.
(b) The French Government.
(c) Kay Epin.
(d) Brigham and Women's.

3. What does Paul Farmer invent that is attributed to inspiration from his daughter?
(a) A vitamin supplement for the water supply in Cange.
(b) A special MDR TB treatment for pregnant women.
(c) Pediatric doses and a regimen for his MDR TB patients.
(d) A nasal spray, instead of a shot, for the MDR TB treatment.

4. What disease does Paul contract on his first visit to Cange?
(a) Maleria.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Sepsis.
(d) Dysentry.

5. What are the names of Paul Farmer's parents?
(a) Georgia and Tom.
(b) Delilah and Hugo.
(c) Ginny and Paul.
(d) Sue and Peter.

6. What type of map does Farmer share with Kidder in the Medicos Aventureros section?
(a) A handdrawn map.
(b) An epidemiological map.
(c) A resource map.
(d) A topographic map.

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

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

9. What nickname did his daughters give to Paul Farmer's father?
(a) The Ringmaster.
(b) The Captain.
(c) The Major.
(d) The Warden.

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

11. Who is Didi Bertrand?
(a) A member of Doctors without Borders.
(b) A patient with MDR TB.
(c) The founder of DOTS.
(d) The daughter of the schoolmaster in Cange.

12. Why is Tracy Kidder in Haiti in 1994?
(a) He is a missionary.
(b) To visit a Haitian Army outpost.
(c) To write an article on the current regime.
(d) He is on vacation.

13. What does Paul Farmer switch his major from when he enters Harvard Medical School?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Research science.
(c) Computer science.
(d) Sociology.

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

15. What does Zanmi Lasante mean?
(a) One world, united.
(b) Free Health Services.
(c) Health for Haitians.
(d) Partners in Health.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Paul's mentor?

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

3. What happens to the Peru branch of Partners in Health as a result of the civil war?

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

5. Who is Mamito married to?

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