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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. What does "ID" refer to when Paul Farmer refers to his patients in 1999?
(a) Inferior diabetes.
(b) Infant deaths.
(c) Irrigational diverticulitous.
(d) Infectious disease.

2. By how much does the cost of TB drugs decrease by the year 2000?
(a) 97%
(b) 75%
(c) 57%
(d) 27%

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

4. What does Paul Farmer give the patient Joe for Christmas?
(a) Candy.
(b) Beer.
(c) A headstone.
(d) Mittens.

5. What job did Paul hold while living in France?
(a) Waiter.
(b) Au Pair.
(c) Mail Clerk.
(d) Tour Guide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Julianna DeWolf?

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

3. Who provides the funding to bring Partners in Health to Peru?

4. What is the average lifespan in Haiti, according to the first section of the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Paul Farmer a person of faith, as of Chapter 9?

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

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

4. Explain why Paul Farmer and Ophelia fight over Diet Coke in Chapter Ten.

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

6. Why does Paul Farmer ask the Boston Globe to publish A Death in Haiti under a pen name in Chapter Eleven?

7. Describe Jim Yong Kim.

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

9. What is the impetus for the creation of Socios en Salud?

10. Based on events in Chapter Twelve, is Paul Farmer reckless or responsible?

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