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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. Who gives the Russian Ministry of Health a $150 million dollar loan to fight the tuberculosis epidemic in 2002?
(a) The Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
(b) Tom White.
(c) The World Bank.
(d) The Bank of Boston.

2. What happens to the prices of second line antibiotics after World Health Organization's new policies for MDR-TB in 2002?
(a) They remain the same.
(b) They go up and down continually.
(c) They rise.
(d) They decline.

3. What other disease do the Russian patients that Paul Farmer treats for TB also tend to have?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) AIDS.

4. What organization controls the flow of antibiotics to Peru and other places in 2002?
(a) The Green Light Committee.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) The Gates Foundation.
(d) Partners in Health.

5. What is defined as a benefit to the people, from the Haitian government in 2000?
(a) The country has a new source of income.
(b) The people are free of terror.
(c) The country has a strong internal structure.
(d) The people have more health clinics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who manages the construction of a second operating room for Zanmi Lasante in 2002?

3. What two characters are present at the end of Mountains Beyond Mountains?

4. What do some prominent voices in the US Government continue to argue cannot be done in 2002?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Does Paul Farmer treat Jim Kim with respect?

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

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

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

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

7. What does the author, Tracy Kidder, think of Paul Farmer?

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

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

10. How is Paul Farmer impacted by funding?

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