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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through O for the P, pages 238-298.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the book say Paul Farmer earned a reputation for by the late 1990s?
(a) A specialist in the field of TB.
(b) A relentless lobbyist for the poor.
(c) His fundraising-by-guilt tactics.
(d) His unorthodox epidemiological views.

3. What is true about the drug for Tuberculosis, according to Paul Farmer?
(a) They must be take at regular intervals.
(b) They tend to make children even more ill.
(c) It is easy to misdose the very young and the elderly.
(d) It is a very forgiving drug.

4. Doctors from what hospital donate services to help with cases that Paul Farmer sends them that are outside out the Partners in Health budget?
(a) Children's Hospital in Boston.
(b) Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue
(c) Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza
(d) Massachusetts General Hospital.

5. How old is Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder first meet?
(a) 49.
(b) 15.
(c) 35.
(d) 88.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Paul Farmer take after meeting and examining the patient named Joe in 1999?

2. What is the name of Paul Farmer's daughter?

3. What resulted from the case of John that is told in the O for the P?

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

5. What organization endows Partners in Health with a $45 million grant?

(see the answer key)

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