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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What resulted from the case of John that is told in the O for the P?
(a) A partnership between Mass General and Partners in Health.
(b) A new assistant for Paul Farmer.
(c) New equipment donated to Zanmi Lasante.
(d) A Zanmi Lasante training for local Haitians.

2. What are PIHers?
(a) Staff who work for Paul.
(b) Patients at Zanmi Lasante.
(c) Financial contributors to PIH.
(d) Those who believe in the PIH mission.

3. How does Paul Farmer refer to poverty in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) As a social condition.
(b) A curse.
(c) An inherited disease.
(d) As this century's Black Plague.

4. What do Paul and the Partners in Health staff say they knew about their goal after receiving the Gates endowment?
(a) That it will take all the funds to meet the goal.
(b) That they can focus on the goal now that the financial stress is gone.
(c) That it will be a challenge to meet this goal, despite large amounts of money.
(d) That they will reach their goal well before its deadline.

5. Who manages the construction of a second operating room for Zanmi Lasante in 2002?
(a) Fritz LaFontant.
(b) Alex Goldfarb.
(c) Tracy Kidder.
(d) Julianna DeWolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization controls the flow of antibiotics to Peru and other places in 2002?

2. What is wrong with the patient named Joe that Dr. Farmer learns about in 1999?

3. What is true of the cure for Tuberculosis in Haiti at the beginning of the Medicos Aventureros section?

4. What belief does the author say Paul Farmer instills in people?

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

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