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

2. What disease is Paul Farmer diagnosed with after marrying in 1996?
(a) Multiple Sclerosis.
(b) MDR TB.
(c) Hepatitis A.
(d) Shingles.

3. Who is Ophelia Dahl?
(a) A reporter in Boston.
(b) Tom White's sister.
(c) A rich daughter of a famous actress.
(d) The administrator of a hospital in Haiti.

4. Whose pictures does Paul Farmer carry in his wallet?
(a) Patients who have died.
(b) Catherine's and Didi's.
(c) Catherine's and his patients.
(d) Patients he has cured.

5. What type of map does Farmer share with Kidder in the Medicos Aventureros section?
(a) An epidemiological map.
(b) A handdrawn map.
(c) A topographic map.
(d) A resource map.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tracy Kidder's job in 1994?

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

3. What two characters are present at the end of Mountains Beyond Mountains?

4. What do the people of Cange use as roofs on their homes when Paul first visits?

5. Where does Father Jack die?

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