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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Paul Farmer send to all financial contributors to Partners in Health?
(a) Thank you notes from the school children.
(b) Calendars marked with dates for the next contribution..
(c) Pictures of children they have helped.
(d) Handwritten notes of thanks.

3. Who manages the construction of a second operating room for Zanmi Lasante in 2002?
(a) Alex Goldfarb.
(b) Tracy Kidder.
(c) Julianna DeWolf.
(d) Fritz LaFontant.

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

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

6. What are the twin pandemics referred to in the Afterword of Mountains Beyond Mountains?
(a) Tueberculosis and dysentry.
(b) AIDS and HIV.
(c) Tuberculosis and MDR-TB.
(d) AIDS and tuberculosis.

7. What do Paul and the Partners in Health staff say they knew about their goal after receiving the Gates endowment?
(a) That they can focus on the goal now that the financial stress is gone.
(b) That it will be a challenge to meet this goal, despite large amounts of money.
(c) That they will reach their goal well before its deadline.
(d) That it will take all the funds to meet the goal.

8. What type of doctors does Paul Farmer says he wants to work at his clinic in A Light Month for Travel?
(a) People less driven than himself.
(b) People as driven as himself.
(c) Women and minorities.
(d) Indigenous Haitians.

9. Who helps a group of Cangeois to draft a petition for electricity to President Aristide?
(a) Serena Koenig.
(b) Didi Farmer.
(c) Ti Fifi.
(d) Tracy Kidder.

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

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

12. Who does Paul Farmer borrow money from to pay for the 2002 expansion while waiting for the Global Fund money to arrive?
(a) Bill Gates.
(b) A commercial bank in Boston.
(c) Tom White.
(d) A commerical bank in Peru.

13. What is Lascahobas?
(a) A prison outside of Lima.
(b) A prison outside of Cange.
(c) A settlement north of Cange.
(d) A settlement north of Lima.

14. Why does Paul Farmer tell Tracy Kidder that he can't slow down a pace he knows is much too fast?
(a) He's chasing a moving goal.
(b) He's afraid someone will die needlessly.
(c) He can't seem to locate the brake.
(d) He's afraid Catherine will be disappointed in him.

15. What organization controls the flow of antibiotics to Peru and other places in 2002?
(a) The Green Light Committee.
(b) Partners in Health.
(c) The Gates Foundation.
(d) The Red Cross.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who said that the world changed yesterday when discussing the World Health Organization's long awaited adoption of new prescriptions for dealing with MDR-TB?

3. What are PIHers?

4. Where does the US military detain infected Haitians in an effort to stop the spread of AIDS?

5. What other disease do the Russian patients that Paul Farmer treats for TB also tend to have?

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