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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who does Paul Farmer marry?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Artibonte.
(d) Didi.

8. What do Alex Goldfarb and Jim Yong Kim argue about at the 1998 Boston Conference?
(a) Who should receive available doses of the MDR TB medicine.
(b) Cost effectiveness of treating MDR TB.
(c) Efficiency of generic MDR TB medications.
(d) Best fundraising methods for Partners in Health.

9. What is true of Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder meet again in 1999?
(a) He is an alcoholic.
(b) He has recevied the Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) He is divorced.
(d) He is an infectious disease specialist.

10. Who brings Partners in Health to Peru?
(a) Senora Brigada.
(b) Father Jack.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Jim Yong Kim.

11. What symptoms of TB did the patient named Joe exhibit in 1999?
(a) High fever and cough.
(b) Rapid weigh loss and cough.
(c) Coughing up blood.
(d) Fatigue and chest pain.

12. Where do Paul and Father Jack first meet?
(a) Brigham and Women's.
(b) Peru.
(c) Zanmi Lasante.
(d) A church in Boston.

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

14. Who secured the future of Partners in Health by securing the $45 million endowment?
(a) Tracy Kidder.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Jim Yong Kim.
(d) Paul Farmer.

15. Who is Didi Bertrand?
(a) A member of Doctors without Borders.
(b) The founder of DOTS.
(c) A patient with MDR TB.
(d) The daughter of the schoolmaster in Cange.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the staff at Zanmi Lasante believe the cure rate for Tuberculosis is so low?

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

3. What are the names of Paul Farmer's parents?

4. How old is Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder first meet?

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

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