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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 happens to the prices of second line antibiotics after World Health Organization's new policies for MDR-TB in 2002?
(a) They rise.
(b) They remain the same.
(c) They go up and down continually.
(d) They decline.

2. Who pays for the interest payments on Paul Farmer's 2002 expansion loan?
(a) Church members from South Carolina.
(b) PIH employees with the highest salaries.
(c) Doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital.
(d) Medical interns from Harvard.

3. 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.

4. After "beefing up" what is true of the Lascahobas facility?
(a) It costs $1,000 per day to maintain.
(b) It treats 200-300 patients a day.
(c) It holds 200-300 prisoners.
(d) It is used as an education facility for local residents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as one of the problems of Haiti in 2000?

2. What does Jim Yong Kim say will define the moral standing of his generation?

3. Why does Paul Farmer travel light when he flies?

4. What does Paul Farmer send to all financial contributors to Partners in Health?

5. Where are the two characters in Mountains Beyond Mountains headed at the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Given his claim that if he stops moving someone will die, is Paul Farmer a megalomaniac?

2. Is Paul Farmer an American or a Haitian in his thoughts and actions?

3. Why is Zanmi Lasante so successful?

4. Could Partners in Health have succeeded without Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, or Jim Kim?

5. Explain the connection between the Open Society Institute and Partners in Health.

6. Describe the AIDS sanatorium in Cuba.

7. Describe Carol and Serena's ride to Port-au-Prince to look for a medevac and a helicopter.

8. How does the death of John Wilnot affect Zanmi Lasante?

9. Is it moral for the medevac company to charge for its services to bring John to Boston?

10. Does Paul Farmer believe that life sucks, as noted in this second TB speech in Cuba?

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