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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 true about the drug for Tuberculosis, according to Paul Farmer?
(a) They must be take at regular intervals.
(b) It is a very forgiving drug.
(c) They tend to make children even more ill.
(d) It is easy to misdose the very young and the elderly.

2. Who is Alex Goldfarb?
(a) A Doctor with the World Health Organization.
(b) A Russian microbiologist.
(c) The schoolmaster in Cange.
(d) Tom White's representative.

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

4. What does Paul Farmer switch his major from when he enters Harvard Medical School?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Computer science.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Research science.

5. Who arranges for Paul Farmer and his wife to vacation in France while he is recovering from his illness?
(a) Ophelia.
(b) Didi Bertrand.
(c) Fritz Lafontant.
(d) Alex Goldfab.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Paul Farmer first encounter Haitian people?

2. What is the name of Paul's thesis?

3. What do Paul and the Partners in Health staff say they knew about their goal after receiving the Gates endowment?

4. Where are the two characters in Mountains Beyond Mountains headed at the end of the story?

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

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