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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of map does Farmer share with Kidder in the Medicos Aventureros section?
(a) A topographic map.
(b) An epidemiological map.
(c) A handdrawn map.
(d) A resource map.

3. What school does Paul Farmer get his medical degree from?
(a) University of Texas.
(b) Berkley.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Boston University.

4. Who is Senora Brigada?
(a) A hospital administrator.
(b) A patient with MDR TB.
(c) A Pervuian heiress.
(d) A Peruvian scientist.

5. What is the Artibonte?
(a) A river.
(b) A dam.
(c) A clinic.
(d) A Haitian dialect.

6. Why does the staff at Zanmi Lasante believe the cure rate for Tuberculosis is so low?
(a) It is not TB that is making the people sick.
(b) Haitians are more susceptible to its effects.
(c) Patients stop taking the medicine.
(d) The medicine sent to Haiti is tainted.

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

8. What does Paul Farmer send to Tracy Kidder before returning to Haiti for New Year's Day 2000?
(a) A child.
(b) Food.
(c) A letter.
(d) A book.

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

10. What is Partners in Health?
(a) Tom White's Clinic in Boston.
(b) Ophelia's hospital in Cange.
(c) Fitz Lafontant's Clinic in Haiti.
(d) Paul Farmer's fund raising organization.

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

12. Who arranges for Paul Farmer and his wife to vacation in France while he is recovering from his illness?
(a) Didi Bertrand.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Fritz Lafontant.
(d) Alex Goldfab.

13. What nickname did his daughters give to Paul Farmer's father?
(a) The Warden.
(b) The Captain.
(c) The Major.
(d) The Ringmaster.

14. Who is Julianna DeWolf?
(a) Paul's first love.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A reporter.
(d) A nun.

15. What is true about the drug for Tuberculosis, according to Paul Farmer?
(a) They must be take at regular intervals.
(b) It is easy to misdose the very young and the elderly.
(c) They tend to make children even more ill.
(d) It is a very forgiving drug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Paul Farmer first encounter Haitian people?

2. Where did Paul Farmer first attend college on a full scholarship?

3. Who funds Kay Epin?

4. What do Alex Goldfarb and Jim Yong Kim argue about at the 1998 Boston Conference?

5. Where do Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim get many of the drugs for their facility in Peru?

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