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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Medicos Aventureros, pages 123-178.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul Farmer switch his major from when he enters Harvard Medical School?
(a) Research science.
(b) Computer science.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Sociology.

2. Why are there soldiers in Haiti in 1994?
(a) To bring aid and food supplies.
(b) To maintain a military presence in a peaceful time.
(c) To support the new government from an ousted regime.
(d) To keep peace before the new election.

3. What disease does Paul contract on his first visit to Cange?
(a) Maleria.
(b) Sepsis.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Dysentry.

4. What does Paul Farmer invent that is attributed to inspiration from his daughter?
(a) Pediatric doses and a regimen for his MDR TB patients.
(b) A nasal spray, instead of a shot, for the MDR TB treatment.
(c) A special MDR TB treatment for pregnant women.
(d) A vitamin supplement for the water supply in Cange.

5. What is true of Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder meet again in 1999?
(a) He is an infectious disease specialist.
(b) He has recevied the Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) He is an alcoholic.
(d) He is divorced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mamito married to?

2. Why does the staff at Zanmi Lasante believe the cure rate for Tuberculosis is so low?

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

4. Who funds Kay Epin?

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

(see the answer key)

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