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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 doesn't Paul return to Haiti in September of 1991?
(a) The government denies him access.
(b) His Boston based business is failing.
(c) His father is sick and dying.
(d) His paralysis keeps him in Boston.

2. What does Paul Farmer send to Tracy Kidder before returning to Haiti for New Year's Day 2000?
(a) A book.
(b) A child.
(c) A letter.
(d) Food.

3. Why did the people that Paul Farmer work with in Haiti lose their farms?
(a) A dam flooded the farmlands.
(b) A drought killed the crops.
(c) Heavy rains ruined the farmlands.
(d) Years of poor farming killed the soil.

4. What do the people of Cange use as roofs on their homes when Paul first visits?
(a) Planked wooden roofs.
(b) No roofs.
(c) Tin roofs.
(d) Thatched banana leaf roofs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the patient named Joe that Dr. Farmer learns about in 1999?

2. What disease does Paul contract on his first visit to Cange?

3. Where do Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim get many of the drugs for their facility in Peru?

4. What is true of the cure for Tuberculosis in Haiti at the beginning of the Medicos Aventureros section?

5. What is MDR TB?

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