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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Light Month for Travel, pages 179-238.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Partners in Health?
(a) Paul Farmer's fund raising organization.
(b) Ophelia's hospital in Cange.
(c) Tom White's Clinic in Boston.
(d) Fitz Lafontant's Clinic in Haiti.

2. What role does Ophelia play in Paul's efforts to help the people of Haiti?
(a) She funds his efforts.
(b) She works with Partners in Health.
(c) She drives Haitians from outlying regions to Paul's facility.
(d) She spreads to word of his efforts via the Boston Globe.

3. Who was Paul's mentor?
(a) Pierre Lafountain.
(b) Peter Penberthy.
(c) Michel Bourgeoius.
(d) Rudolf Virchow.

4. Why did the people that Paul Farmer work with in Haiti lose their farms?
(a) Years of poor farming killed the soil.
(b) A drought killed the crops.
(c) Heavy rains ruined the farmlands.
(d) A dam flooded the farmlands.

5. What award does Paul Farmer receive in the summer of 1993?
(a) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(b) The Turner Fellowship.
(c) The Caldecott Award.
(d) The MacArthur Award.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mamito married to?

2. What is an example of the small tokens his patients give to Dokte Paul?

3. Who is Fritz Lafontant?

4. What does Paul Farmer raise money for after he sees a mother and baby die during his first visit to Cange?

5. What type of map does Farmer share with Kidder in the Medicos Aventureros section?

(see the answer key)

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