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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the average lifespan in Haiti, according to the first section of the novel?
(a) 40 years old.
(b) 50 years old.
(c) 80 years old.
(d) 20 years old.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What role does Ophelia play in Paul's efforts to help the people of Haiti?
(a) She spreads to word of his efforts via the Boston Globe.
(b) She drives Haitians from outlying regions to Paul's facility.
(c) She works with Partners in Health.
(d) She funds his efforts.

14. How does Paul Farmer say he was allowed to return to Haiti after being exiled by the junta?
(a) A bribe.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) He carries a false passport.
(d) The new regime invited him to return.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Artibonte?

2. What happens in Haitian politics in 1990?

3. What does Paul Farmer give the patient Joe for Christmas?

4. What does the South Carolina church invest in for the people of Cange?

5. What does "ID" refer to when Paul Farmer refers to his patients in 1999?

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