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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 does Paul Farmer switch his major from when he enters Harvard Medical School?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Research science.
(d) Computer science.

2. What organization, in addition to the World Health Organization, does Paul Farmer present his MDR TB findings to after meeting Senora Brigada?
(a) Doctors without Borders.
(b) DOTS.
(c) The Gates Foundation.
(d) International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

3. Why doesn't Paul return to Haiti in September of 1991?
(a) His paralysis keeps him in Boston.
(b) The government denies him access.
(c) His Boston based business is failing.
(d) His father is sick and dying.

4. Where was Paul Farmer raised?
(a) In a trailer park, boat, and bus in America.
(b) In his Grandma's house.
(c) On army bases all over the world.
(d) On a farm in Nebraska.

5. Who discovers that many patents on TB drugs are expired and argues for the creation of generic versions?
(a) Jim Yong Kim.
(b) Paul Farmer.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Arata Kochi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Paul and Father Jack first meet?

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

3. Who is Jean Bertrand-Aristide?

4. What disease is Paul Farmer diagnosed with after marrying in 1996?

5. Who was Paul's mentor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the political climate of Haiti at the beginning of the book in 1994.

2. Explain why Paul Farmer and Ophelia fight over Diet Coke in Chapter Ten.

3. Describe the WLs and AMC that Paul, Jim, and Ophelia discuss in Chapter Ten.

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

5. Describe the relative urban quiet used to describe the area in Boston where Brigham & Women's is located.

6. Why does Ophelia Dahl refuse to marry Paul Farmer?

7. Why is the method of travel and the land around Zanmi Lasante important?

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

9. What is the impetus for the creation of Socios en Salud?

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

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