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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Paul Farmer invent that is attributed to inspiration from his daughter?
(a) A nasal spray, instead of a shot, for the MDR TB treatment.
(b) A vitamin supplement for the water supply in Cange.
(c) A special MDR TB treatment for pregnant women.
(d) Pediatric doses and a regimen for his MDR TB patients.

4. Where do Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim get many of the drugs for their facility in Peru?
(a) Kay Epin.
(b) Arata Kochi.
(c) Brigham and Women's.
(d) The French Government.

5. What does Paul Farmer give the patient Joe for Christmas?
(a) A headstone.
(b) Beer.
(c) Candy.
(d) Mittens.

6. What is MDR TB?
(a) Multidrug resistant tuberculosis.
(b) Muscular dystrophic tuberculosis.
(c) Muscular diabetic tuberculosis.
(d) Multiple disease related tuberculosis.

7. Where does Father Jack die?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Peru.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Boston.

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

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

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

11. Who discovers that many patents on TB drugs are expired and argues for the creation of generic versions?
(a) Arata Kochi.
(b) Jim Yong Kim.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Paul Farmer.

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

13. Who is Fritz Lafontant?
(a) A millionaire.
(b) A scientist.
(c) A migrant worker.
(d) A priest.

14. What does Fritz Lafontant give Paul Farmer permission to do in Cange?
(a) Build a school.
(b) Collect blood samples for research.
(c) Test residents for TB.
(d) Conduct a census.

15. Where does Paul Farmer invite Tracy Kidder just before New Year's Day 2000?
(a) To Haiti.
(b) To Coffee.
(c) To a fundraising event.
(d) To his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true of Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder meet again in 1999?

2. What disease does Paul contract on his first visit to Cange?

3. What happens to the Peru branch of Partners in Health as a result of the civil war?

4. Who brings Partners in Health to Peru?

5. Where does Paul Farmer first encounter Haitian people?

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