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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. According to the book, what is true of the individual Haitians that were detained by the US military?
(a) Over half of the surviving patients volunteered at Zanmi Lasante.
(b) They were treated well and Paul was allowed to treat them regularly.
(c) They were fed poorly, forced into long lasting contraceptive use, and beaten.
(d) Sister Juliana DeWolf set up a school and clinic to serve them.

2. Who is Serena Koenig?
(a) A lawyer from the Gates Foundation.
(b) A member of the Lascahobas team.
(c) A doctor with Doctors without Borders.
(d) A missionary from South Carolina.

3. 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?
(a) 875.
(b) 0.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 5,000.

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

5. Who pays for the interest payments on Paul Farmer's 2002 expansion loan?
(a) PIH employees with the highest salaries.
(b) Medical interns from Harvard.
(c) Doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital.
(d) Church members from South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Zanmi Lasante described in O to the P?

2. Where does the book stay that AIDS patients in Cuba were quarantined?

3. What result does the petition for electricity made by citizens of Cange have?

4. What is the name of the second lecture that Paul Farmer gives in Cuba?

5. What countries does Paul Farmer approach for assistance with the doctors and money he needs in A Light Month for Travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Given his claim that if he stops moving someone will die, is Paul Farmer a megalomaniac?

2. Why are Paul Farmer and Alex Goldfarb successful in their attempts to make significant changes?

3. Is Paul Farmer a good father?

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

5. Morally speaking, should all people attempt to follow Paul Farmer's example?

6. Why does Paul Farmer hesitate to get involved in fixing the Russian TB program?

7. Why is Paul Farmer a supporter of President Aristede?

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

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

10. Describe Serena Koenig.

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