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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in Haitian politics in 1990?
(a) The Haitian government takes over.
(b) Baby Doc Duvalier takes over.
(c) Fritz Lafontant is elected president.
(d) Jean Bertrand-Aristide is elected president.

2. What other disease do the Russian patients that Paul Farmer treats for TB also tend to have?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Dysentery.

3. What does Paul Farmer do when he has a case that is too complicated or outside of his specialty?
(a) He flies patients to Boston for treatment.
(b) He flies Dr. Ramirez in from Peru.
(c) He flies Dr. Flickinger in from Boston.
(d) He flies patients to Peru for treatment.

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

5. When Jim Yong Kim travels to Russia, what does he do at the banquet?
(a) Meets the ruler of Russia.
(b) Vomits in public.
(c) Raises the needed funds.
(d) Leads karaoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who elected president of Haiti in 2000?

2. Doctors from what hospital donate services to help with cases that Paul Farmer sends them that are outside out the Partners in Health budget?

3. What does Paul Farmer begin to do in the late 1990s, according to A Light Month for Travel?

4. What is the name of the Partners in Health facility in Peru?

5. What reason is given for the intensity of the Russian TB outbreak?

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