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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What operations are performed in Cange by teams from Brigham and South Carolina in 2002?
(a) Colon resections.
(b) Open-heart surgeries.
(c) Liver transplants.
(d) Kidney transplants.

2. Where does the author say that Jim was happy to work in the O for the P section?
(a) Anywhere.
(b) In Russia.
(c) In a goldfish bowl.
(d) Away from the action.

3. Who is Serena Koenig?
(a) A doctor with Doctors without Borders.
(b) A lawyer from the Gates Foundation.
(c) A member of the Lascahobas team.
(d) A missionary from South Carolina.

4. Why doesn't Paul return to Haiti in September of 1991?
(a) His Boston based business is failing.
(b) The government denies him access.
(c) His father is sick and dying.
(d) His paralysis keeps him in Boston.

5. What is the name of the hospital where Paul Farmer works four months out of the year?
(a) Mass General.
(b) Boston Children's Hospital.
(c) U Mass.
(d) Brigham and Women's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symptoms of TB did the patient named Joe exhibit in 1999?

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. Why does the staff at Zanmi Lasante believe the cure rate for Tuberculosis is so low?

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 religion does the book say that Paul Farmer struggled with?

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