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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. Why doesn't Paul return to Haiti in September of 1991?
(a) The government denies him access.
(b) His father is sick and dying.
(c) His paralysis keeps him in Boston.
(d) His Boston based business is failing.

2. What is Paul Farmer's opinion on the role of the rich in poverty?
(a) Rich people are obligated to care for the poor.
(b) The rich create it and encourage poverty by their lack of response.
(c) Until the rich are forced to live like paupers, nothing will ever change.
(d) While they can't be blamed, they must act now.

3. Who is Mamito married to?
(a) Tom White.
(b) Fritz Lafontant.
(c) Jim Yong Kim.
(d) Baby Doc Duvalier.

4. What is the junta suspected of doing in Mirebalais in the first section of the story labeled Dokte Paul?
(a) Beheading an official.
(b) Burning a school.
(c) Blocking aid and food supplies.
(d) Bombing a church.

5. Who funds Kay Epin?
(a) Jim Yong Kim.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Tom White.
(d) Ophelia's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul Farmer switch his major from when he enters Harvard Medical School?

2. What is an example of the small tokens his patients give to Dokte Paul?

3. What job did Paul hold while living in France?

4. What symptoms of TB did the patient named Joe exhibit in 1999?

5. What nickname did his daughters give to Paul Farmer's father?

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