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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What operations are performed in Cange by teams from Brigham and South Carolina in 2002?
(a) Kidney transplants.
(b) Open-heart surgeries.
(c) Colon resections.
(d) Liver transplants.

2. Who guarantees Paul Farmer's 2002 expansion loan?
(a) Tom White.
(b) Ophelia's father.
(c) Bill Gates.
(d) Melinda Gates.

3. How does Paul Farmer refer to poverty in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) As this century's Black Plague.
(b) A curse.
(c) An inherited disease.
(d) As a social condition.

4. Who does Paul Farmer say that the women of Haiti caught HIV from?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Politicians and poachers.
(c) Their husbands.
(d) Soldiers and truck drivers.

5. What resulted from the case of John that is told in the O for the P?
(a) A partnership between Mass General and Partners in Health.
(b) New equipment donated to Zanmi Lasante.
(c) A new assistant for Paul Farmer.
(d) A Zanmi Lasante training for local Haitians.

6. What is true of the Haitian government in 2000, according to Mountains beyond Mountains?
(a) It is crumbling and at risk.
(b) It is tyrannical.
(c) It is not well supported.
(d) It shows signs of strength and unity.

7. When the patient named John is referred by Paul Farmer and sent for treatment, what disease does he have?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Kawasaki's Disease.
(d) Cancer.

8. According to the book, what is true of the individual Haitians that were detained by the US military?
(a) Over half of the surviving patients volunteered at Zanmi Lasante.
(b) Sister Juliana DeWolf set up a school and clinic to serve them.
(c) They were fed poorly, forced into long lasting contraceptive use, and beaten.
(d) They were treated well and Paul was allowed to treat them regularly.

9. In the O to the P it is said that Paul Farmer was conscious of corporate etiquette but . . .
(a) He wasn't paralyzed by it.
(b) He wasn't very good at playing that game.
(c) He despised corporate niceties.
(d) He didn't care about it.

10. According to the Afterword, how many HIV patients does Zanmi Lasante's staff care for?
(a) 50 a day.
(b) More than 10,000.
(c) 300 a day.
(d) More than 3,000.

11. For what purpose is Partners in Health awarded $45 million by the Gates Foundation?
(a) To educate the public, raise funds and treat MDR TB.
(b) To erase social inequalities.
(c) To eradicate MDR TB.
(d) To reduce incidences of MDR TB in Haiti by 70% in 5 years.

12. Where does the US military detain infected Haitians in an effort to stop the spread of AIDS?
(a) Guantanamo.
(b) Zanmi Lasante.
(c) The Artibonte Hospital.
(d) The prison in Port-au-Prince.

13. Who elected president of Haiti in 2000?
(a) Bourgeoius.
(b) Aristide.
(c) Chavelier.
(d) Baby Doc Duvalier.

14. What two characters are present at the end of Mountains Beyond Mountains?
(a) The author and Paul Farmer.
(b) Paul Famer and Catherine.
(c) Paul Farmer and a young patient.
(d) Jim Yong Kim and Paul Farmer.

15. What does Jim Yong Kim say will define the moral standing of his generation?
(a) The world's response to poverty.
(b) This generation's ability to inspire its youth.
(c) The world's response to AIDS and TB.
(d) The world's ability to share its resources.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the top reason mentioned that Paul Farmer has an interest in AIDS?

2. Who is Serena Koenig?

3. What does the book say Paul Farmer earned a reputation for by the late 1990s?

4. With what entity does the Russian branch of PIH negotiate a loan?

5. What three things does Paul Farmer say are co-infectious in his second lecture in Cuba?

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