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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. Who is Jorge Perez?
(a) The Haitian President.
(b) A Catholic Priest.
(c) A friend that helps with the cost of medication.
(d) A man who works with Jim Yong Kim in Peru.

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

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

4. Who is the project director of the Russian TB project?
(a) Ophelia.
(b) Mikail Frank.
(c) Fritz LaFontain.
(d) Alex Goldfarb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Father Jack die?

2. What action does Paul Farmer take after meeting and examining the patient named Joe in 1999?

3. What does the book say Paul Farmer earned a reputation for by the late 1990s?

4. Why does Paul Farmer travel light when he flies?

5. What does Paul Farmer say is more important than clean clothes during the time he travels frequently in the late 1990s?

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