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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. How does Paul Farmer refer to poverty in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) As this century's Black Plague.
(b) A curse.
(c) An inherited disease.
(d) As a social condition.

2. According to the book, what is true of the individual Haitians that were detained by the US military?
(a) They were treated well and Paul was allowed to treat them regularly.
(b) Over half of the surviving patients volunteered at Zanmi Lasante.
(c) Sister Juliana DeWolf set up a school and clinic to serve them.
(d) They were fed poorly, forced into long lasting contraceptive use, and beaten.

3. What is ti kay?
(a) The Haitian word for medicine.
(b) A small house.
(c) A good luck ornament.
(d) A small boat.

4. What are PIHers?
(a) Patients at Zanmi Lasante.
(b) Those who believe in the PIH mission.
(c) Staff who work for Paul.
(d) Financial contributors to PIH.

5. What is wrong with the patient named Joe that Dr. Farmer learns about in 1999?
(a) He has digestive problems.
(b) He is a diabetic.
(c) His lungs are not fully formed.
(d) He is HIV posititve and an addict.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does the book say that Paul Farmer struggled with?

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

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

4. What does "ID" refer to when Paul Farmer refers to his patients in 1999?

5. What reason is given for the intensity of the Russian TB outbreak?

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