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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. Where are the two characters in Mountains Beyond Mountains headed at the end of the story?
(a) To a medical conference in Russia.
(b) On an eleven hour journey to visit patients.
(c) To an operating room in Zanmi Lasante.
(d) To France.

2. What do the people of Cange use as roofs on their homes when Paul first visits?
(a) Tin roofs.
(b) Planked wooden roofs.
(c) Thatched banana leaf roofs.
(d) No roofs.

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

4. What type of map does Farmer share with Kidder in the Medicos Aventureros section?
(a) A resource map.
(b) An epidemiological map.
(c) A handdrawn map.
(d) A topographic map.

5. 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) $50,000 per visit.
(d) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provides the funding to bring Partners in Health to Peru?

2. How is Paul's knee shattered in 1988?

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

4. Who is Alex Goldfarb?

5. What is the outcome for the patient named John that Paul Farmer refers for treatment in the O for the P?

(see the answer key)

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