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

2. What is the outcome for the patient named John that Paul Farmer refers for treatment in the O for the P?
(a) He receives treatment at the last possible moment.
(b) He lives to become an old man and a staff member at Zanmi Lasante.
(c) He lives for several more years.
(d) He dies.

3. For what purpose is Partners in Health awarded $45 million by the Gates Foundation?
(a) To reduce incidences of MDR TB in Haiti by 70% in 5 years.
(b) To eradicate MDR TB.
(c) To educate the public, raise funds and treat MDR TB.
(d) To erase social inequalities.

4. Whose pictures does Paul Farmer carry in his wallet?
(a) Patients he has cured.
(b) Catherine's and his patients.
(c) Catherine's and Didi's.
(d) Patients who have died.

5. What is true of the Haitian government in 2000, according to Mountains beyond Mountains?
(a) It shows signs of strength and unity.
(b) It is tyrannical.
(c) It is not well supported.
(d) It is crumbling and at risk.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Afterword, how many HIV patients does Zanmi Lasante's staff care for?

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

3. Who elected president of Haiti in 2000?

4. According to the author, what would Paul Farmer have thought of Jim Young Kim's action at the banquet in Russia?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the AIDS sanatorium in Cuba.

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Zanmi Lasante so successful?

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

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

9. Describe Serena Koenig.

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

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