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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 is Tracy Kidder in Haiti in 1994?
(a) He is a missionary.
(b) He is on vacation.
(c) To write an article on the current regime.
(d) To visit a Haitian Army outpost.

2. What disease does Paul contract on his first visit to Cange?
(a) Dysentry.
(b) Maleria.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Sepsis.

3. Who is Arata Kochi?
(a) A fundraiser at a hospital in Paris.
(b) The head of the World Health Organization's TB program.
(c) A college friend of Paul's who teaches in France.
(d) The head of the Gates Foundation's TB Program.

4. 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.

5. What is ti kay?
(a) A good luck ornament.
(b) A small boat.
(c) A small house.
(d) The Haitian word for medicine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Paul Farmer first encounter Haitian people?

3. What does the South Carolina church invest in for the people of Cange?

4. Who is Alex Goldfarb?

5. What other diseases are the patients that Paul Farmer sees in Haiti very likely to have in conjunction with Tuberculosis, according to comments in Medicos Aventureros?

(see the answer key)

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