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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jim Yong Kim travels to Russia, what does he do at the banquet?
(a) Leads karaoke.
(b) Meets the ruler of Russia.
(c) Raises the needed funds.
(d) Vomits in public.

2. Where does Paul Farmer plan to start his expansion in 2002?
(a) The northern city limit.
(b) The southern provinces.
(c) The inner city.
(d) The central plateau.

3. What happens to the prices of second line antibiotics after World Health Organization's new policies for MDR-TB in 2002?
(a) They rise.
(b) They remain the same.
(c) They decline.
(d) They go up and down continually.

4. What religion does the book say that Paul Farmer struggled with?
(a) Evangelical Christianity.
(b) Ba'hai.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Voodoo.

5. How is Zanmi Lasante described in O to the P?
(a) Exceptional in its care.
(b) Tormented and bullied by the government.
(c) A nuetral zone amidst the strife.
(d) Struggling to pay its bills.

6. Who is the project director of the Russian TB project?
(a) Ophelia.
(b) Mikail Frank.
(c) Alex Goldfarb.
(d) Fritz LaFontain.

7. What other disease do the Russian patients that Paul Farmer treats for TB also tend to have?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) AIDS.

8. What is the top reason mentioned that Paul Farmer has an interest in AIDS?
(a) AIDS encourages the spread of TB.
(b) It results from social inequality.
(c) His brother died of AIDS.
(d) He believes a cure is close to being found.

9. Why did the passenger truck from Lascahobas to the nearest city stop making its runs?
(a) Lack of funding.
(b) Danger from guerillas.
(c) Lack of passengers.
(d) Lack of gas.

10. Who does Paul Farmer dispatch to start his 2002 expansion?
(a) Peruvian and Americans doctors and technicians.
(b) Russian and American doctors and technicians.
(c) Haitian and American doctors and technicians.
(d) French and American doctors and technicians.

11. What is the cost when Paul Farmer seeks treatment for cases that are too complicated or outside of his specialty?
(a) The cost of tests and equipment only.
(b) Free of charge.
(c) $50,000 per visit.
(d) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.

12. Who pays for the interest payments on Paul Farmer's 2002 expansion loan?
(a) Doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital.
(b) PIH employees with the highest salaries.
(c) Church members from South Carolina.
(d) Medical interns from Harvard.

13. What are PIHers?
(a) Financial contributors to PIH.
(b) Staff who work for Paul.
(c) Those who believe in the PIH mission.
(d) Patients at Zanmi Lasante.

14. What do some prominent voices in the US Government continue to argue cannot be done in 2002?
(a) Treat AIDS in unstable governments.
(b) Treat MDR-TB in unstable governments.
(c) Treat MDR-TB in desperately impoverished places.
(d) Treat AIDS in desperately impoverished places.

15. What is Paul Farmer's opinion on the role of the rich in poverty?
(a) The rich create it and encourage poverty by their lack of response.
(b) Until the rich are forced to live like paupers, nothing will ever change.
(c) While they can't be blamed, they must act now.
(d) Rich people are obligated to care for the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, what is true of the individual Haitians that were detained by the US military?

2. Whose pictures does Paul Farmer carry in his wallet?

3. What is one symptom of Haiti's problems in 2000?

4. It's stated, in the O to the P, that some people thought that Paul Farmer was . . .

5. According to the author, what would Paul Farmer have thought of Jim Young Kim's action at the banquet in Russia?

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