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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Peru branch of Partners in Health as a result of the civil war?
(a) The facility is moved into a local church.
(b) The entire facility is set on fire.
(c) The pharmacy is bombed.
(d) Construction is halted.

2. What other diseases are the patients that Paul Farmer sees in Haiti very likely to have in conjunction with Tuberculosis, according to comments in Medicos Aventureros?
(a) HIV and AIDS.
(b) Dysentry and Malaria.
(c) Scarlett Fever and Sepsis.
(d) Typhoid and Rheumatism.

3. Where do Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim get many of the drugs for their facility in Peru?
(a) The French Government.
(b) Kay Epin.
(c) Brigham and Women's.
(d) Arata Kochi.

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

5. Who is Fritz Lafontant?
(a) A scientist.
(b) A migrant worker.
(c) A millionaire.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is dechoukaj?

2. What is wrong with the patient named Joe that Dr. Farmer learns about in 1999?

3. What is the average lifespan in Haiti, according to the first section of the novel?

4. What is the name of the Partners in Health facility in Peru?

5. Where does Father Jack die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the author observes Paul Farmer beginning each day in Chapter Three.

2. Describe Zanmi Lasante as first seen by Tracy Kidder in Chapter Three.

3. How do the staff and patients at Brigham & Women's react to Paul Farmer when Tracy Kidder visits in Chapter Two?

4. Explain why Paul Farmer rides on the Lady Gin as a child.

5. Describe Paul Farmer's appearance in the first chapter of Mountains Beyond Mountains.

6. Based on events in Chapter Twelve, is Paul Farmer reckless or responsible?

7. Describe the irony surrounding Father Jack's death.

8. Is Paul Farmer a person of faith, as of Chapter 9?

9. What is the significance of the Section heading, The Tin Roofs of Cange?

10. Describe Paul Farmer's parents.

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