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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 do Paul and the Partners in Health staff say they knew about their goal after receiving the Gates endowment?
(a) That it will take all the funds to meet the goal.
(b) That they can focus on the goal now that the financial stress is gone.
(c) That it will be a challenge to meet this goal, despite large amounts of money.
(d) That they will reach their goal well before its deadline.

2. In the O to the P it is said that Paul Farmer was conscious of corporate etiquette but . . .
(a) He wasn't paralyzed by it.
(b) He didn't care about it.
(c) He wasn't very good at playing that game.
(d) He despised corporate niceties.

3. What are PIHers?
(a) Patients at Zanmi Lasante.
(b) Those who believe in the PIH mission.
(c) Staff who work for Paul.
(d) Financial contributors to PIH.

4. What organization controls the flow of antibiotics to Peru and other places in 2002?
(a) Partners in Health.
(b) The Green Light Committee.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The Gates Foundation.

5. How does Paul Farmer feel about his rotations at Brigham and Women's Hospital?
(a) They are intellectually stimulating.
(b) They are useful to help him refuel.
(c) They are a necessary evil.
(d) They are a waste of time that could be spent in Haiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the two AIDS quarantines mentioned in the book affect the spread of this disease?

2. Who does Paul Farmer say the only men on Haiti who experience economic stability are?

3. What is true of Paul and Jim in the beginning of the A Light Month for Travel section?

4. Where does the US military detain infected Haitians in an effort to stop the spread of AIDS?

5. How many chronic patients are either cured or in treatment due to the second line antibiotics that are made available to Peru and other locations in 2002?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the AIDS sanatorium in Cuba.

2. How does the political climate in Haiti affect attempts to improve the health of its citizens?

3. What entity mentioned in the book has the greatest impact on the treatment of MDR-TB?

4. Does Jim Kim think that Paul Farmer is a good role model?

5. Why were competing organizations able to come together in Chapter 24 to work on curing TB?

6. Does Paul Farmer believe that life sucks, as noted in this second TB speech in Cuba?

7. How does the death of John Wilnot affect Zanmi Lasante?

8. Explain the connection between the Open Society Institute and Partners in Health.

9. What is Ophelia's opinion of Paul's personality?

10. How does Father Jack's influence impact the MDR-TB campaign after his death?

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