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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. What organization, in addition to the World Health Organization, does Paul Farmer present his MDR TB findings to after meeting Senora Brigada?
(a) The Gates Foundation.
(b) International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
(c) Doctors without Borders.
(d) DOTS.

2. What does Paul Farmer switch his major from when he enters Harvard Medical School?
(a) Research science.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Computer science.
(d) Anthropology.

3. What disease does Paul contract on his first visit to Cange?
(a) Sepsis.
(b) Dysentry.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Maleria.

4. What is true of Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder meet again in 1999?
(a) He is an alcoholic.
(b) He is divorced.
(c) He has recevied the Nobel Peace Prize.
(d) He is an infectious disease specialist.

5. What is MDR TB?
(a) Multidrug resistant tuberculosis.
(b) Multiple disease related tuberculosis.
(c) Muscular dystrophic tuberculosis.
(d) Muscular diabetic tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Mamito married to?

3. What is Tracy Kidder's job in 1994?

4. What role does Ophelia play in Paul's efforts to help the people of Haiti?

5. How did receiving the Gates endowment affect the fund-raising efforts by Partners in Health?

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