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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 they will reach their goal well before its deadline.
(b) That it will be a challenge to meet this goal, despite large amounts of money.
(c) That it will take all the funds to meet the goal.
(d) That they can focus on the goal now that the financial stress is gone.

2. Who is the project director of the Russian TB project?
(a) Mikail Frank.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Fritz LaFontain.
(d) Alex Goldfarb.

3. What is Paul Farmer's opinion on the role of the rich in poverty?
(a) Until the rich are forced to live like paupers, nothing will ever change.
(b) Rich people are obligated to care for the poor.
(c) While they can't be blamed, they must act now.
(d) The rich create it and encourage poverty by their lack of response.

4. Who does Paul Farmer say that the women of Haiti caught HIV from?
(a) Politicians and poachers.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Soldiers and truck drivers.
(d) Their husbands.

5. How much money does Paul Farmer borrow to pay for the 2002 expansion while waiting for the Global Fund money to arrive?
(a) $2 million.
(b) $500,000.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $250,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. After "beefing up" what is true of the Lascahobas facility?

2. How is Paul involved with the TB projects in Peru and Russia in the late 1990s?

3. What is Lascahobas?

4. Who does Paul Farmer dispatch to start his 2002 expansion?

5. What happens to the prices of second line antibiotics after World Health Organization's new policies for MDR-TB in 2002?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Does Paul Farmer treat Jim Kim with respect?

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

4. Is it moral for the medevac company to charge for its services to bring John to Boston?

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

6. Describe Ti Fifi.

7. Could Partners in Health have succeeded without Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, or Jim Kim?

8. How do capitalists, commies, and Jesus Christers all assist Paul Farmer?

9. What figure in the book, other than Paul Farmer, has the greatest impact in curing MDR-TB?

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

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