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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is true of Tom White?
(a) He is dying.
(b) He is a missionary.
(c) He is marries Ophelia.
(d) He is a millionaire.

3. Why is Tracy Kidder in Haiti in 1994?
(a) He is a missionary.
(b) To visit a Haitian Army outpost.
(c) To write an article on the current regime.
(d) He is on vacation.

4. Who is Mamito married to?
(a) Jim Yong Kim.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Baby Doc Duvalier.
(d) Fritz Lafontant.

5. What is Tracy Kidder's job in 1994?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Journalist.
(c) Clergyman.
(d) Nurse.

6. What is ti kay?
(a) A small boat.
(b) A small house.
(c) A good luck ornament.
(d) The Haitian word for medicine.

7. How old is Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder first meet?
(a) 49.
(b) 15.
(c) 35.
(d) 88.

8. What organization, in addition to the World Health Organization, does Paul Farmer present his MDR TB findings to after meeting Senora Brigada?
(a) Doctors without Borders.
(b) International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
(c) DOTS.
(d) The Gates Foundation.

9. What job did Paul hold while living in France?
(a) Au Pair.
(b) Waiter.
(c) Mail Clerk.
(d) Tour Guide.

10. Who is Arata Kochi?
(a) The head of the World Health Organization's TB program.
(b) A fundraiser at a hospital in Paris.
(c) A college friend of Paul's who teaches in France.
(d) The head of the Gates Foundation's TB Program.

11. What is dechoukaj?
(a) The removal of all outward signs of a government.
(b) A ceremonial meal that shows gratitude.
(c) A method of blood transfusion.
(d) A voodoo cure for disease.

12. Who provides the funding to bring Partners in Health to Peru?
(a) Tom White.
(b) Ophelia's father.
(c) Didi Bertrand.
(d) Senora Brigada.

13. What organization supports the creation of generic version of TB drugs, beside the World Health Organization, according to the Medicos Aventureros section?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) Doctors without Borders.
(c) UNICEF.
(d) Internation Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

14. Why did the people that Paul Farmer work with in Haiti lose their farms?
(a) A drought killed the crops.
(b) Heavy rains ruined the farmlands.
(c) Years of poor farming killed the soil.
(d) A dam flooded the farmlands.

15. What is an example of the small tokens his patients give to Dokte Paul?
(a) Ti Kays.
(b) Mangos.
(c) Woven voodoo dolls.
(d) Unpasteurized goat milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Paul Farmer invite Tracy Kidder just before New Year's Day 2000?

2. Who is Jean Bertrand-Aristide?

3. Where does Father Jack die?

4. Where does Paul work when he first goes to Haiti?

5. Who was Paul's mentor?

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