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

2. Who brings Partners in Health to Peru?
(a) Senora Brigada.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Father Jack.
(d) Jim Yong Kim.

3. How does Paul Farmer channel his anger, according to Tracy Kidder?
(a) With karaoke.
(b) With long walks to neighboring villages.
(c) With productivity and healing.
(d) With meditation.

4. What happens in Haitian politics in 1990?
(a) The Haitian government takes over.
(b) Jean Bertrand-Aristide is elected president.
(c) Baby Doc Duvalier takes over.
(d) Fritz Lafontant is elected president.

5. What is the outcome for the patient named John that Paul Farmer refers for treatment in the O for the P?
(a) He dies.
(b) He lives to become an old man and a staff member at Zanmi Lasante.
(c) He lives for several more years.
(d) He receives treatment at the last possible moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father Jack die?

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

3. In the O to the P it is said that Paul Farmer was conscious of corporate etiquette but . . .

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

5. Where does Paul Farmer first encounter Haitian people?

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