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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 best describes the communication between Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim after receiving the Gates endowment?
(a) Their communication is strained, and they pass messages through Ophelia.
(b) They see each other monthly.
(c) They communicated daily but are rarely together.
(d) They communicate by email but do not speak.

2. How is Zanmi Lasante described in O to the P?
(a) Tormented and bullied by the government.
(b) A nuetral zone amidst the strife.
(c) Struggling to pay its bills.
(d) Exceptional in its care.

3. Who was Paul's mentor?
(a) Michel Bourgeoius.
(b) Peter Penberthy.
(c) Rudolf Virchow.
(d) Pierre Lafountain.

4. How do Paul Farmer's colleagues consider his actions during Haiti's troubles in the early 1990s?
(a) Strategic.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Haphazard.
(d) Reckless.

5. What organization endows Partners in Health with a $45 million grant?
(a) The Gates Foundation.
(b) Doctors without Borders.
(c) Tom White's Partners Worldwide.
(d) The World Health Organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did his daughters give to Paul Farmer's father?

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

3. What is true of the Haitian government in 2000, according to Mountains beyond Mountains?

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

5. What is true about the drug for Tuberculosis, according to Paul Farmer?

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