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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul Farmer begin to do in the late 1990s, according to A Light Month for Travel?

2. What is the outcome for the patient named John that Paul Farmer refers for treatment in the O for the P?

3. What reason is given for the intensity of the Russian TB outbreak?

4. What is the cost when Paul Farmer seeks treatment for cases that are too complicated or outside of his specialty?

5. In the O for the P section, what is it said that Paul Farmer was able to defy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Serena Koenig.

2. What does the author, Tracy Kidder, think of Paul Farmer?

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

4. Why are Paul Farmer and Alex Goldfarb successful in their attempts to make significant changes?

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

6. Why does Paul Farmer hesitate to get involved in fixing the Russian TB program?

7. What figure in the book, other than Paul Farmer, has the greatest impact in curing MDR-TB?

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

9. How are Paul Farmer and Jim Kim different in their approaches to medicine?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paul Farmer is described as both simple and complex in Mountains Beyond Mountains. Consider the man and the way he is portrayed in the book as well as the fact that this is a biographical account of a real person as you answer the questions below.

1) Would Paul Farmer describe himself as a good husband and father?

2) How does his commitment to his cause affect his perception of other important things in life?

3) What are his greatest strengths and limitations?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how Tracy Kidder effectively uses contrast in Mountains Beyond Mountains in each of the following situations:

1) Setting

2) Economics

3) Bringing depth to people the book

Essay Topic 3

Sacrificing for the betterment of others is a central theme in the book.

1) After selecting three of the people listed below, analyze the sacrifices they make in Mountains Beyond Mountains, the reasons for their sacrifices, and the results of it. Paul's Mother, Paul Farmer, Didi Bertrand, Father Jack, Jim Kim and Ophelia.

2) Then answer the following questions about sacrifice: Should a parent sacrifice time with his or her own children to save the life of another child? Another 100 children? How would you decide where that limit is?

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