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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Paul involved with the TB projects in Peru and Russia in the late 1990s?
(a) He is an advisor.
(b) He runs both projects.
(c) He is not; both are independent of Partners in Health.
(d) He is a fundraiser only.

2. Doctors from what hospital donate services to help with cases that Paul Farmer sends them that are outside out the Partners in Health budget?
(a) Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue
(b) Massachusetts General Hospital.
(c) Children's Hospital in Boston.
(d) Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza

3. What is the cost when Paul Farmer seeks treatment for cases that are too complicated or outside of his specialty?
(a) The cost of tests and equipment only.
(b) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
(c) $50,000 per visit.
(d) Free of charge.

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

5. Who does Paul Farmer say that the women of Haiti caught HIV from?
(a) Their husbands.
(b) Politicians and poachers.
(c) Soldiers and truck drivers.
(d) Foreigners.

6. Who does the new director of the World Health Organization ask to serve as his senior advisor in 2003?
(a) Ophelia Dahl.
(b) Alex Goldfarb.
(c) Jim Yong Kim.
(d) Paul Farmer.

7. What countries does Paul Farmer approach for assistance with the doctors and money he needs in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) France and the United States.
(b) Cuba and France.
(c) The United States and Peru.
(d) Cuba and Peru.

8. What is one symptom of Haiti's problems in 2000?
(a) The closing of health clinics.
(b) The turmoil among the working class.
(c) The debt load of the goverment.
(d) The growing dysentry epidemic.

9. In the O for the P section, what is it said that Paul Farmer was able to defy?
(a) Laws of the body.
(b) Religious dictates.
(c) Pressure.
(d) The local authorities.

10. What does the book say Paul Farmer earned a reputation for by the late 1990s?
(a) His unorthodox epidemiological views.
(b) A specialist in the field of TB.
(c) His fundraising-by-guilt tactics.
(d) A relentless lobbyist for the poor.

11. Where does the US military detain infected Haitians in an effort to stop the spread of AIDS?
(a) The prison in Port-au-Prince.
(b) The Artibonte Hospital.
(c) Zanmi Lasante.
(d) Guantanamo.

12. What is true of the Haitian government in 2000, according to Mountains beyond Mountains?
(a) It shows signs of strength and unity.
(b) It is not well supported.
(c) It is crumbling and at risk.
(d) It is tyrannical.

13. How did the two AIDS quarantines mentioned in the book affect the spread of this disease?
(a) Neither one stopped the spread of the disease.
(b) Both show about 50% success rates in stopping the spread of AIDS.
(c) Only the facility in Haiti showed success in stopping the spread of AIDS.
(d) Only the facility in Cuba showed success in stopping the spread of AIDS.

14. How is Zanmi Lasante described in O to the P?
(a) Exceptional in its care.
(b) Tormented and bullied by the government.
(c) A nuetral zone amidst the strife.
(d) Struggling to pay its bills.

15. Who does Paul Farmer say the only men on Haiti who experience economic stability are?
(a) Doctors and foreigners.
(b) Politicians and poachers.
(c) Military dictators.
(d) Soldiers and truck drivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What belief does the author say Paul Farmer instills in people?

2. What is Paul Farmer's desire, as stated in the O to the P section?

3. What happens to the prices of antiretroviral drugs in 2002?

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

5. Why does Paul Farmer tell Tracy Kidder that he can't slow down a pace he knows is much too fast?

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