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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the junta suspected of doing in Mirebalais in the first section of the story labeled Dokte Paul?
(a) Blocking aid and food supplies.
(b) Bombing a church.
(c) Beheading an official.
(d) Burning a school.

2. How did the two AIDS quarantines mentioned in the book affect the spread of this disease?
(a) Only the facility in Cuba showed success in stopping the spread of AIDS.
(b) Only the facility in Haiti showed success in stopping the spread of AIDS.
(c) Neither one stopped the spread of the disease.
(d) Both show about 50% success rates in stopping the spread of AIDS.

3. Who does Paul Farmer say the only men on Haiti who experience economic stability are?
(a) Soldiers and truck drivers.
(b) Politicians and poachers.
(c) Doctors and foreigners.
(d) Military dictators.

4. What additional treatment does Paul Farmer want to bring to Haiti in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) AIDS treatment.
(b) Blood transfusions.
(c) Dialysis.
(d) Chemotherapy.

5. What happens to the prices of antiretroviral drugs in 2002?
(a) They decline.
(b) They rise.
(c) They remain the same.
(d) They go up and down continually.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Serena Koenig describe the Lascahobas situation?

3. Who does Paul Farmer borrow money from to pay for the 2002 expansion while waiting for the Global Fund money to arrive?

4. Who said that the world changed yesterday when discussing the World Health Organization's long awaited adoption of new prescriptions for dealing with MDR-TB?

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

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