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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization endows Partners in Health with a $45 million grant?
(a) Tom White's Partners Worldwide.
(b) Doctors without Borders.
(c) The World Health Organization.
(d) The Gates Foundation.

2. What are the names of Paul Farmer's parents?
(a) Delilah and Hugo.
(b) Ginny and Paul.
(c) Georgia and Tom.
(d) Sue and Peter.

3. Who is Jean Bertrand-Aristide?
(a) A reporter who writes about Zanmi Lasante.
(b) Ophelia's husband.
(c) A soldier who is befriended by Paul.
(d) A priest and friend of Paul's.

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

5. How does Father Jack die?
(a) MDR TB.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Colon Cancer.
(d) A car accident.

6. What does the South Carolina church invest in for the people of Cange?
(a) Wood to build out houses.
(b) Water spigots.
(c) Material for new roofs.
(d) Antibacterial soap.

7. What do the people of Cange use as roofs on their homes when Paul first visits?
(a) No roofs.
(b) Tin roofs.
(c) Planked wooden roofs.
(d) Thatched banana leaf roofs.

8. Where does Paul Farmer first encounter Haitian people?
(a) On his first visit to Cange.
(b) Where he helps to pick citrus.
(c) From his grandmother.
(d) From his Aunt Lillian.

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

10. How do Paul Farmer's colleagues consider his actions during Haiti's troubles in the early 1990s?
(a) Haphazard.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Strategic.
(d) Reckless.

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

12. What amount of debt does Tom White pay for medicine taken by Paul and Jim, as noted in the Medicos Aventureros section?
(a) $92,000.
(b) $52,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $1,000,000.

13. What does Paul Farmer raise money for after he sees a mother and baby die during his first visit to Cange?
(a) Blood transfusion equipment.
(b) Incubation equipment.
(c) Heart rate monitors.
(d) X-ray machines.

14. What does Zanmi Lasante mean?
(a) Partners in Health.
(b) Health for Haitians.
(c) One world, united.
(d) Free Health Services.

15. Where was Paul Farmer raised?
(a) In his Grandma's house.
(b) In a trailer park, boat, and bus in America.
(c) On a farm in Nebraska.
(d) On army bases all over the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Paul Farmer say he was allowed to return to Haiti after being exiled by the junta?

2. What is the Artibonte?

3. What does Paul Farmer switch his major from when he enters Harvard Medical School?

4. What is true of Tom White?

5. What is Partners in Health?

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