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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 disease is Paul Farmer diagnosed with after marrying in 1996?
(a) MDR TB.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Shingles.
(d) Hepatitis A.

2. Where is Zanmi Lasante located?
(a) Cange, Haiti.
(b) Kay Epin, Haiti.
(c) Carabaylllo, Haiti.
(d) Peligre, Haiti.

3. What is ti kay?
(a) A small boat.
(b) A small house.
(c) A good luck ornament.
(d) The Haitian word for medicine.

4. What is an example of the small tokens his patients give to Dokte Paul?
(a) Ti Kays.
(b) Woven voodoo dolls.
(c) Mangos.
(d) Unpasteurized goat milk.

5. What school does Paul Farmer get his medical degree from?
(a) University of Texas.
(b) Boston University.
(c) Berkley.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tracy Kidder in Haiti in 1994?

2. Where was Paul Farmer raised?

3. What does Paul Farmer invent that is attributed to inspiration from his daughter?

4. What does Paul Farmer switch his major from when he enters Harvard Medical School?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Alexander Goldfarb reluctant to implement DOTS in Russia, in Chapter 18?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Paul Farmer's wedding like?

9. Why is Rudolf Virchow important to Paul Farmer?

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

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