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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. Who is Arata Kochi?
(a) The head of the Gates Foundation's TB Program.
(b) The head of the World Health Organization's TB program.
(c) A college friend of Paul's who teaches in France.
(d) A fundraiser at a hospital in Paris.

2. What does Paul Farmer give the patient Joe for Christmas?
(a) Beer.
(b) Candy.
(c) A headstone.
(d) Mittens.

3. What is the name of the Partners in Health facility in Peru?
(a) Socios en Salud.
(b) Medico Soluciones Peru.
(c) Soluciones Sanitarias.
(d) Amigos para Salud.

4. What is dechoukaj?
(a) A method of blood transfusion.
(b) The removal of all outward signs of a government.
(c) A voodoo cure for disease.
(d) A ceremonial meal that shows gratitude.

5. How does Paul Farmer say he was allowed to return to Haiti after being exiled by the junta?
(a) The new regime invited him to return.
(b) He carries a false passport.
(c) A bribe.
(d) Blackmail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim get many of the drugs for their facility in Peru?

2. What amount of debt does Tom White pay for medicine taken by Paul and Jim, as noted in the Medicos Aventureros section?

3. Who is Mamito married to?

4. What does Fritz Lafontant give Paul Farmer permission to do in Cange?

5. Who funds Kay Epin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the WLs and AMC that Paul, Jim, and Ophelia discuss in Chapter Ten.

2. Is Paul Farmer a person of faith, as of Chapter 9?

3. Why does Paul Farmer give Joe a 6 pack of beer in Chapter Two?

4. How do the staff and patients at Brigham & Women's react to Paul Farmer when Tracy Kidder visits in Chapter Two?

5. Explain why Paul Farmer and Ophelia fight over Diet Coke in Chapter Ten.

6. Why is the method of travel and the land around Zanmi Lasante important?

7. What is Paul Farmer's wedding like?

8. Why is Arata Kochi important in Mountains Beyond Mountains?

9. What is the impetus for the creation of Socios en Salud?

10. Why does Ophelia Dahl refuse to marry Paul Farmer?

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