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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Paul Farmer plan to start his expansion in 2002?
(a) The central plateau.
(b) The inner city.
(c) The northern city limit.
(d) The southern provinces.

2. When Jim Yong Kim travels to Russia, what does he do at the banquet?
(a) Meets the ruler of Russia.
(b) Leads karaoke.
(c) Vomits in public.
(d) Raises the needed funds.

3. What belief does the author say Paul Farmer instills in people?
(a) A united belief that something better is possible.
(b) A belief that money corrupts.
(c) A belief in their obligation and ability.
(d) A belief that we are all connected.

4. Who is Serena Koenig?
(a) A doctor with Doctors without Borders.
(b) A lawyer from the Gates Foundation.
(c) A missionary from South Carolina.
(d) A member of the Lascahobas team.

5. Who is Peggy McAvoy?
(a) The woman that Paul Farmer has an affair with.
(b) A doctor with Doctors without Borders.
(c) A doctor at Zanmi Lasante.
(d) Someone from the United Nations.

6. Who is Jorge Perez?
(a) The Haitian President.
(b) A Catholic Priest.
(c) A man who works with Jim Yong Kim in Peru.
(d) A friend that helps with the cost of medication.

7. What additional treatment does Paul Farmer want to bring to Haiti in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) Dialysis.
(b) Blood transfusions.
(c) AIDS treatment.
(d) Chemotherapy.

8. Why does Paul Farmer travel light when he flies?
(a) To bring needed items and gifts.
(b) He keeps all the clothes he needs in both Boston and Cange.
(c) To avoid waiting for luggage.
(d) To avoid stress to his shoulder.

9. 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.

10. What organization controls the flow of antibiotics to Peru and other places in 2002?
(a) The Gates Foundation.
(b) Partners in Health.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The Green Light Committee.

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

12. In the O to the P it is said that Paul Farmer was conscious of corporate etiquette but . . .
(a) He wasn't very good at playing that game.
(b) He despised corporate niceties.
(c) He wasn't paralyzed by it.
(d) He didn't care about it.

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

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

15. What is the name of the second lecture that Paul Farmer gives in Cuba?
(a) Mission: Life.
(b) Accepting AIDS.
(c) Why Life Sucks.
(d) Wealth, Poverty, and Tuberculosis: Unholy Trinity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the twin pandemics referred to in the Afterword of Mountains Beyond Mountains?

2. What is one symptom of Haiti's problems in 2000?

3. Who manages the construction of a second operating room for Zanmi Lasante in 2002?

4. What happens to the prices of second line antibiotics after World Health Organization's new policies for MDR-TB in 2002?

5. How does Paul Farmer channel his anger, according to Tracy Kidder?

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