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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. What does Paul Farmer give the patient Joe for Christmas?
(a) Beer.
(b) Mittens.
(c) A headstone.
(d) Candy.

2. How is Zanmi Lasante funded?
(a) Donations to Partners in Health.
(b) Donations from Doctors at Brigham and Women's.
(c) Donations from a bookstore in Boston.
(d) Donations to Unicef.

3. Who does Paul Farmer marry?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Didi.
(d) Artibonte.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Paul work when he first goes to Haiti?

2. What does Zanmi Lasante mean?

3. What does Paul Farmer send to Tracy Kidder before returning to Haiti for New Year's Day 2000?

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

5. Why is Tracy Kidder in Haiti in 1994?

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