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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Light Month for Travel, pages 179-238.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Paul and Father Jack first meet?
(a) Brigham and Women's.
(b) A church in Boston.
(c) Zanmi Lasante.
(d) Peru.

2. What does Fritz Lafontant give Paul Farmer permission to do in Cange?
(a) Build a school.
(b) Test residents for TB.
(c) Collect blood samples for research.
(d) Conduct a census.

3. What reason is given for the intensity of the Russian TB outbreak?
(a) Lack of running water.
(b) Backlogged prison systems.
(c) Lack of electricity in rural areas.
(d) Dilapadated housing.

4. Who is Arata Kochi?
(a) The head of the World Health Organization's TB program.
(b) A fundraiser at a hospital in Paris.
(c) A college friend of Paul's who teaches in France.
(d) The head of the Gates Foundation's TB Program.

5. What is the Artibonte?
(a) A clinic.
(b) A dam.
(c) A river.
(d) A Haitian dialect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Partners in Health to Peru?

2. What are PIHers?

3. What disease is Paul Farmer diagnosed with after marrying in 1996?

4. What countries does Paul Farmer approach for assistance with the doctors and money he needs in A Light Month for Travel?

5. Why doesn't Paul return to Haiti in September of 1991?

(see the answer key)

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