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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 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.

2. Where did Paul Farmer first attend college on a full scholarship?
(a) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(b) Boston College.
(c) Duke University.
(d) Notre Dame.

3. What nickname did his daughters give to Paul Farmer's father?
(a) The Warden.
(b) The Captain.
(c) The Major.
(d) The Ringmaster.

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) Heavy rains ruined the farmlands.
(d) A drought killed the crops.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Paul Farmer's parents?

2. Who does Paul Farmer marry?

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

4. What is ti kay?

5. Who is Ophelia Dahl?

(see the answer key)

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