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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What resulted from the case of John that is told in the O for the P?
(a) New equipment donated to Zanmi Lasante.
(b) A Zanmi Lasante training for local Haitians.
(c) A partnership between Mass General and Partners in Health.
(d) A new assistant for Paul Farmer.

2. How did receiving the Gates endowment affect the fund-raising efforts by Partners in Health?
(a) They continued to pursue past and new contributors.
(b) They cut fundraising efforts in half.
(c) They hired an outside company to manage fundraising actitivities.
(d) They ceased fund-raising efforts to focus on publicity.

3. What are PIHers?
(a) Patients at Zanmi Lasante.
(b) Staff who work for Paul.
(c) Those who believe in the PIH mission.
(d) Financial contributors to PIH.

4. It's stated, in the O to the P, that some people thought that Paul Farmer was . . .
(a) Impractical with money.
(b) Reckless with financial funds.
(c) Oblivious to money matters.
(d) Fastidious with funding.

5. Who does Paul Farmer borrow money from to pay for the 2002 expansion while waiting for the Global Fund money to arrive?
(a) A commercial bank in Boston.
(b) A commerical bank in Peru.
(c) Bill Gates.
(d) Tom White.

6. What religion does the book say that Paul Farmer struggled with?
(a) Voodoo.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Evangelical Christianity.
(d) Ba'hai.

7. How does Paul Farmer refer to poverty in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) As this century's Black Plague.
(b) A curse.
(c) An inherited disease.
(d) As a social condition.

8. What does Paul Farmer send to all financial contributors to Partners in Health?
(a) Thank you notes from the school children.
(b) Calendars marked with dates for the next contribution..
(c) Pictures of children they have helped.
(d) Handwritten notes of thanks.

9. What does Paul Farmer write to Tracy Kidder in regards to the blood bank in Cange?
(a) There will be no more weeping over blood.
(b) This is the type of bank that supports humanity.
(c) It is the result of a dream partnership.
(d) Lifeblood has finally arrived.

10. What is true of Paul and Jim in the beginning of the A Light Month for Travel section?
(a) The have less financial pressure and too much time on their hands.
(b) They have to much to do and too little time.
(c) Both suffer deaths in their families.
(d) Both have contracted illnesses.

11. What belief does the author say Paul Farmer instills in people?
(a) A belief in their obligation and ability.
(b) A belief that we are all connected.
(c) A belief that money corrupts.
(d) A united belief that something better is possible.

12. In the O to the P it is said that Paul Farmer was conscious of corporate etiquette but . . .
(a) He didn't care about it.
(b) He wasn't paralyzed by it.
(c) He wasn't very good at playing that game.
(d) He despised corporate niceties.

13. Whose pictures does Paul Farmer carry in his wallet?
(a) Catherine's and his patients.
(b) Patients he has cured.
(c) Catherine's and Didi's.
(d) Patients who have died.

14. What organization controls the flow of antibiotics to Peru and other places in 2002?
(a) Partners in Health.
(b) The Gates Foundation.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The Green Light Committee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Afterword, how many HIV patients does Zanmi Lasante's staff care for?

2. What operations are performed in Cange by teams from Brigham and South Carolina in 2002?

3. What do Paul and the Partners in Health staff say they knew about their goal after receiving the Gates endowment?

4. What does the book say Paul Farmer earned a reputation for by the late 1990s?

5. What additional treatment does Paul Farmer want to bring to Haiti in A Light Month for Travel?

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