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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tin Roofs of Cange, pages 45-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the people that Paul Farmer work with in Haiti lose their farms?
(a) Years of poor farming killed the soil.
(b) A dam flooded the farmlands.
(c) A drought killed the crops.
(d) Heavy rains ruined the farmlands.

2. Why does the staff at Zanmi Lasante believe the cure rate for Tuberculosis is so low?
(a) Haitians are more susceptible to its effects.
(b) The medicine sent to Haiti is tainted.
(c) Patients stop taking the medicine.
(d) It is not TB that is making the people sick.

3. Who is Julianna DeWolf?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A nun.
(c) A reporter.
(d) Paul's first love.

4. What award does Paul Farmer receive in the summer of 1993?
(a) The MacArthur Award.
(b) The Turner Fellowship.
(c) The Caldecott Award.
(d) The Nobel Peace Prize.

5. Why are there soldiers in Haiti in 1994?
(a) To keep peace before the new election.
(b) To bring aid and food supplies.
(c) To maintain a military presence in a peaceful time.
(d) To support the new government from an ousted regime.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What disease does Paul contract on his first visit to Cange?

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

4. What is Ophelia's nickname for Paul Farmer?

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

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