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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dokte Paul, pages 1-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul Farmer send to Tracy Kidder before returning to Haiti for New Year's Day 2000?
(a) A child.
(b) A letter.
(c) A book.
(d) Food.

2. What does "ID" refer to when Paul Farmer refers to his patients in 1999?
(a) Infectious disease.
(b) Irrigational diverticulitous.
(c) Infant deaths.
(d) Inferior diabetes.

3. Why is Paul Farmer frustrated when he first meets Tracy Kidder?
(a) Missionaries ignore Hatian beliefs.
(b) The military presence is preventing him from helping Haitians.
(c) The American idea of aid won't help Haitians.
(d) The American Media doesn't understand the problems of Haiti.

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

5. How old is Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder first meet?
(a) 88.
(b) 49.
(c) 15.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What school does Paul Farmer get his medical degree from?

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

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

5. What does Paul Farmer give the patient Joe for Christmas?

(see the answer key)

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