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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through O for the P, pages 238-298.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is defined as one of the problems of Haiti in 2000?
(a) Lack of a competent work force.
(b) Lack of internal structure.
(c) Lack of a shared language.
(d) Lack of products to export.

2. What is the cost when Paul Farmer seeks treatment for cases that are too complicated or outside of his specialty?
(a) The cost of tests and equipment only.
(b) Free of charge.
(c) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
(d) $50,000 per visit.

3. What do Paul and the Partners in Health staff say they knew about their goal after receiving the Gates endowment?
(a) That it will take all the funds to meet the goal.
(b) That they will reach their goal well before its deadline.
(c) That they can focus on the goal now that the financial stress is gone.
(d) That it will be a challenge to meet this goal, despite large amounts of money.

4. What is true of Tom White?
(a) He is a missionary.
(b) He is dying.
(c) He is marries Ophelia.
(d) He is a millionaire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul Farmer feel about his rotations at Brigham and Women's Hospital?

2. What does Paul Farmer invent that is attributed to inspiration from his daughter?

3. What do Alex Goldfarb and Jim Yong Kim argue about at the 1998 Boston Conference?

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

5. What is one symptom of Haiti's problems in 2000?

(see the answer key)

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