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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. Where was Paul Farmer raised?
(a) In his Grandma's house.
(b) On army bases all over the world.
(c) On a farm in Nebraska.
(d) In a trailer park, boat, and bus in America.

2. What is an example of the small tokens his patients give to Dokte Paul?
(a) Ti Kays.
(b) Woven voodoo dolls.
(c) Mangos.
(d) Unpasteurized goat milk.

3. What is the Artibonte?
(a) A dam.
(b) A Haitian dialect.
(c) A clinic.
(d) A river.

4. 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.

5. What does Zanmi Lasante mean?
(a) Free Health Services.
(b) Partners in Health.
(c) Health for Haitians.
(d) One world, united.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Zanmi Lasante funded?

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

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

4. What is the average lifespan in Haiti, according to the first section of the novel?

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

(see the answer key)

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