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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 some prominent voices in the US Government continue to argue cannot be done in 2002?
(a) Treat MDR-TB in unstable governments.
(b) Treat AIDS in unstable governments.
(c) Treat AIDS in desperately impoverished places.
(d) Treat MDR-TB in desperately impoverished places.

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

3. What religion does the book say that Paul Farmer struggled with?
(a) Voodoo.
(b) Ba'hai.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Evangelical Christianity.

4. What happens to the prices of antiretroviral drugs in 2002?
(a) They rise.
(b) They go up and down continually.
(c) They remain the same.
(d) They decline.

5. In the O for the P section, what is it said that Paul Farmer was able to defy?
(a) Laws of the body.
(b) Pressure.
(c) The local authorities.
(d) Religious dictates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul Farmer say the world needs to care less about in order to create successes like those in Haiti?

2. What does Paul Farmer do when he has a case that is too complicated or outside of his specialty?

3. How does Paul Farmer channel his anger, according to Tracy Kidder?

4. How much money does Paul Farmer borrow to pay for the 2002 expansion while waiting for the Global Fund money to arrive?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Carol and Serena's ride to Port-au-Prince to look for a medevac and a helicopter.

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

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

5. How is Paul Farmer impacted by funding?

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

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

8. What does Paul Farmer mean in Chapter 25 when he says that John's family died of Haiti?

9. Is Paul Farmer an American or a Haitian in his thoughts and actions?

10. How are Paul Farmer and Jim Kim different in their approaches to medicine?

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