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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. Who does Paul Farmer marry?
(a) Ophelia.
(b) Didi.
(c) Artibonte.
(d) Catherine.

2. Why are there soldiers in Haiti in 1994?
(a) To maintain a military presence in a peaceful time.
(b) To keep peace before the new election.
(c) To bring aid and food supplies.
(d) To support the new government from an ousted regime.

3. Who is Alex Goldfarb?
(a) A Doctor with the World Health Organization.
(b) The schoolmaster in Cange.
(c) Tom White's representative.
(d) A Russian microbiologist.

4. What do Alex Goldfarb and Jim Yong Kim argue about at the 1998 Boston Conference?
(a) Cost effectiveness of treating MDR TB.
(b) Efficiency of generic MDR TB medications.
(c) Who should receive available doses of the MDR TB medicine.
(d) Best fundraising methods for Partners in Health.

5. Why is Tracy Kidder in Haiti in 1994?
(a) He is a missionary.
(b) To visit a Haitian Army outpost.
(c) He is on vacation.
(d) To write an article on the current regime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease does Paul contract on his first visit to Cange?

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

3. How does Father Jack die?

4. What is the junta suspected of doing in Mirebalais in the first section of the story labeled Dokte Paul?

5. What happens in Haitian politics in 1990?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Paul Farmer give Joe a 6 pack of beer in Chapter Two?

6. Explain the importance of the Peligre Dam to the people of Haiti.

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

8. Describe the TB study designed by Paul Farmer in Chapter Four.

9. Why is Arata Kochi important in Mountains Beyond Mountains?

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

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