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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Light Month for Travel, pages 179-238.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of map does Farmer share with Kidder in the Medicos Aventureros section?
(a) A topographic map.
(b) A handdrawn map.
(c) A resource map.
(d) An epidemiological map.

2. What countries does Paul Farmer approach for assistance with the doctors and money he needs in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) France and the United States.
(b) The United States and Peru.
(c) Cuba and France.
(d) Cuba and Peru.

3. Who is Jean Bertrand-Aristide?
(a) A priest and friend of Paul's.
(b) A reporter who writes about Zanmi Lasante.
(c) Ophelia's husband.
(d) A soldier who is befriended by Paul.

4. What is the name of the Partners in Health facility in Peru?
(a) Medico Soluciones Peru.
(b) Socios en Salud.
(c) Amigos para Salud.
(d) Soluciones Sanitarias.

5. What is Paul Farmer's opinion on the role of the rich in poverty?
(a) The rich create it and encourage poverty by their lack of response.
(b) While they can't be blamed, they must act now.
(c) Until the rich are forced to live like paupers, nothing will ever change.
(d) Rich people are obligated to care for the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Partners in Health?

2. Who secured the future of Partners in Health by securing the $45 million endowment?

3. Who is Senora Brigada?

4. What does Paul Farmer begin to do in the late 1990s, according to A Light Month for Travel?

5. What is the Artibonte?

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