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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. Where does Paul Farmer invite Tracy Kidder just before New Year's Day 2000?
(a) To his home.
(b) To Coffee.
(c) To Haiti.
(d) To a fundraising event.

2. What is the average lifespan in Haiti, according to the first section of the novel?
(a) 50 years old.
(b) 40 years old.
(c) 20 years old.
(d) 80 years old.

3. What does Paul Farmer send to Tracy Kidder before returning to Haiti for New Year's Day 2000?
(a) A book.
(b) Food.
(c) A child.
(d) A letter.

4. What does Fritz Lafontant give Paul Farmer permission to do in Cange?
(a) Test residents for TB.
(b) Collect blood samples for research.
(c) Build a school.
(d) Conduct a census.

5. What organization endows Partners in Health with a $45 million grant?
(a) Doctors without Borders.
(b) The World Health Organization.
(c) The Gates Foundation.
(d) Tom White's Partners Worldwide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of map does Farmer share with Kidder in the Medicos Aventureros section?

2. What nickname did his daughters give to Paul Farmer's father?

3. Who is Mamito married to?

4. How does Father Jack die?

5. How is Zanmi Lasante funded?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Paul Farmer's parents.

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

4. Is the DOTS treatment as described in Chapter 15 effective?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do epidemiological maps give insight into the TB epidemic in Haiti?

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