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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Medicos Aventureros, pages 123-178.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who arranges for Paul Farmer and his wife to vacation in France while he is recovering from his illness?
(a) Fritz Lafontant.
(b) Didi Bertrand.
(c) Alex Goldfab.
(d) Ophelia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization, in addition to the World Health Organization, does Paul Farmer present his MDR TB findings to after meeting Senora Brigada?

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

3. Who brings Partners in Health to Peru?

4. What award does Paul Farmer receive in the summer of 1993?

5. Who provides the funding to bring Partners in Health to Peru?

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