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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the patient named John is referred by Paul Farmer and sent for treatment, what disease does he have?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Kawasaki's Disease.

2. Where does Paul work when he first goes to Haiti?
(a) Dahl Croix Medical.
(b) Cange Care Haiti.
(c) Artibonte Clinique.
(d) Eye Care Haiti.

3. What is defined as one of the problems of Haiti in 2000?
(a) Lack of internal structure.
(b) Lack of a competent work force.
(c) Lack of a shared language.
(d) Lack of products to export.

4. By how much does the cost of TB drugs decrease by the year 2000?
(a) 75%
(b) 97%
(c) 27%
(d) 57%

5. What do Alex Goldfarb and Jim Yong Kim argue about at the 1998 Boston Conference?
(a) Efficiency of generic MDR TB medications.
(b) Cost effectiveness of treating MDR TB.
(c) Best fundraising methods for Partners in Health.
(d) Who should receive available doses of the MDR TB medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers that many patents on TB drugs are expired and argues for the creation of generic versions?

2. Who brings Partners in Health to Peru?

3. Where does the book stay that AIDS patients in Cuba were quarantined?

4. Why doesn't Paul return to Haiti in September of 1991?

5. How does Paul Farmer channel his anger, according to Tracy Kidder?

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