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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Paul Farmer raise money for after he sees a mother and baby die during his first visit to Cange?
(a) Heart rate monitors.
(b) Blood transfusion equipment.
(c) Incubation equipment.
(d) X-ray machines.

3. Where is Zanmi Lasante located?
(a) Cange, Haiti.
(b) Carabaylllo, Haiti.
(c) Kay Epin, Haiti.
(d) Peligre, Haiti.

4. Who is Alex Goldfarb?
(a) A Doctor with the World Health Organization.
(b) A Russian microbiologist.
(c) The schoolmaster in Cange.
(d) Tom White's representative.

5. Where was Paul Farmer raised?
(a) On a farm in Nebraska.
(b) In his Grandma's house.
(c) On army bases all over the world.
(d) In a trailer park, boat, and bus in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the South Carolina church invest in for the people of Cange?

2. What is true of Tom White?

3. What disease is Paul Farmer diagnosed with after marrying in 1996?

4. What amount of debt does Tom White pay for medicine taken by Paul and Jim, as noted in the Medicos Aventureros section?

5. What is true of the cure for Tuberculosis in Haiti at the beginning of the Medicos Aventureros section?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the author observes Paul Farmer beginning each day in Chapter Three.

2. Explain the importance of the Peligre Dam to the people of Haiti.

3. Describe the WLs and AMC that Paul, Jim, and Ophelia discuss in Chapter Ten.

4. What is the significance of the Section heading, The Tin Roofs of Cange?

5. Describe the political climate of Haiti at the beginning of the book in 1994.

6. Describe the irony surrounding Father Jack's death.

7. How do epidemiological maps give insight into the TB epidemic in Haiti?

8. Describe Zanmi Lasante as first seen by Tracy Kidder in Chapter Three.

9. Is the DOTS treatment as described in Chapter 15 effective?

10. Describe the relative urban quiet used to describe the area in Boston where Brigham & Women's is located.

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