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

2. How is Zanmi Lasante described in O to the P?
(a) A nuetral zone amidst the strife.
(b) Struggling to pay its bills.
(c) Exceptional in its care.
(d) Tormented and bullied by the government.

3. What two characters are present at the end of Mountains Beyond Mountains?
(a) The author and Paul Farmer.
(b) Jim Yong Kim and Paul Farmer.
(c) Paul Farmer and a young patient.
(d) Paul Famer and Catherine.

4. Who announces plans to establish a transfusion post at Zanmi Lasante in the Afterword of Mountains Beyond Mountains?
(a) Doctors without Borders.
(b) The Gates Foundation.
(c) The Green Light Committee.
(d) The Red Cross.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What organization controls the flow of antibiotics to Peru and other places in 2002?

3. What best describes the communication between Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim after receiving the Gates endowment?

4. When Jim Yong Kim travels to Russia, what does he do at the banquet?

5. What are the twin pandemics referred to in the Afterword of Mountains Beyond Mountains?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Serena Koenig.

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

7. How is Paul Farmer impacted by funding?

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

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

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

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