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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 happens to the Peru branch of Partners in Health as a result of the civil war?
(a) The facility is moved into a local church.
(b) The entire facility is set on fire.
(c) Construction is halted.
(d) The pharmacy is bombed.

2. Where was Paul Farmer raised?
(a) On a farm in Nebraska.
(b) In his Grandma's house.
(c) On army bases all over the world.
(d) In a trailer park, boat, and bus in America.

3. What award does Paul Farmer receive in the summer of 1993?
(a) The MacArthur Award.
(b) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) The Turner Fellowship.
(d) The Caldecott Award.

4. What action does Paul Farmer take after meeting and examining the patient named Joe in 1999?
(a) Arranges to speak to his congressman.
(b) Admits him to the hospital.
(c) Sends him home with his mother.
(d) Pays for his funeral.

5. What organization endows Partners in Health with a $45 million grant?
(a) The World Health Organization.
(b) The Gates Foundation.
(c) Tom White's Partners Worldwide.
(d) Doctors without Borders.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What school does Paul Farmer get his medical degree from?

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

4. What do Alex Goldfarb and Jim Yong Kim argue about at the 1998 Boston Conference?

5. What job did Paul hold while living in France?

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