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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 belief does the author say Paul Farmer instills in people?
(a) A belief in their obligation and ability.
(b) A united belief that something better is possible.
(c) A belief that we are all connected.
(d) A belief that money corrupts.

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

3. What operations are performed in Cange by teams from Brigham and South Carolina in 2002?
(a) Colon resections.
(b) Open-heart surgeries.
(c) Kidney transplants.
(d) Liver transplants.

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

5. Why does Paul Farmer tell Tracy Kidder that he can't slow down a pace he knows is much too fast?
(a) He's afraid Catherine will be disappointed in him.
(b) He can't seem to locate the brake.
(c) He's chasing a moving goal.
(d) He's afraid someone will die needlessly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Serena Koenig describe the Lascahobas situation?

2. What does Paul Farmer say is more important than clean clothes during the time he travels frequently in the late 1990s?

3. Who does the new director of the World Health Organization ask to serve as his senior advisor in 2003?

4. Who guarantees Paul Farmer's 2002 expansion loan?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Paul Farmer impacted by funding?

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

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

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

7. Is Paul Farmer a good father?

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

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

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

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