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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through O for the P, pages 238-298.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Paul Farmer's daughter?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Francesa.
(c) Dierdre.
(d) Michelle.

2. What do the people of Cange use as roofs on their homes when Paul first visits?
(a) Thatched banana leaf roofs.
(b) Tin roofs.
(c) Planked wooden roofs.
(d) No roofs.

3. 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) They were fed poorly, forced into long lasting contraceptive use, and beaten.
(c) Sister Juliana DeWolf set up a school and clinic to serve them.
(d) Over half of the surviving patients volunteered at Zanmi Lasante.

4. What is defined as a benefit to the people, from the Haitian government in 2000?
(a) The people are free of terror.
(b) The people have more health clinics.
(c) The country has a new source of income.
(d) The country has a strong internal structure.

5. In the O to the P it is said that Paul Farmer was conscious of corporate etiquette but . . .
(a) He despised corporate niceties.
(b) He didn't care about it.
(c) He wasn't very good at playing that game.
(d) He wasn't paralyzed by it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jim Yong Kim travels to Russia, what does he do at the banquet?

2. Who does Paul Farmer say the only men on Haiti who experience economic stability are?

3. Why does the staff at Zanmi Lasante believe the cure rate for Tuberculosis is so low?

4. How did receiving the Gates endowment affect the fund-raising efforts by Partners in Health?

5. What belief does the author say Paul Farmer instills in people?

(see the answer key)

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