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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 are there soldiers in Haiti in 1994?
(a) To support the new government from an ousted regime.
(b) To keep peace before the new election.
(c) To maintain a military presence in a peaceful time.
(d) To bring aid and food supplies.

2. Who is Jorge Perez?
(a) The Haitian President.
(b) A Catholic Priest.
(c) A friend that helps with the cost of medication.
(d) A man who works with Jim Yong Kim in Peru.

3. 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?
(a) Dysentry and Malaria.
(b) Scarlett Fever and Sepsis.
(c) HIV and AIDS.
(d) Typhoid and Rheumatism.

4. Why does Paul Farmer tell Tracy Kidder that he can't slow down a pace he knows is much too fast?
(a) He's afraid Catherine will be disappointed in him.
(b) He can't seem to locate the brake.
(c) He's afraid someone will die needlessly.
(d) He's chasing a moving goal.

5. How is Paul's knee shattered in 1988?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He is attacked.
(c) He is in a collapsing building.
(d) He is in a plane crash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of map does Farmer share with Kidder in the Medicos Aventureros section?

2. How does Paul Farmer refer to poverty in A Light Month for Travel?

3. When Jim Yong Kim travels to Russia, what does he do at the banquet?

4. How does Paul Farmer feel about his rotations at Brigham and Women's Hospital?

5. What is DOTS?

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