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

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

3. What resulted from the case of John that is told in the O for the P?
(a) A new assistant for Paul Farmer.
(b) A partnership between Mass General and Partners in Health.
(c) New equipment donated to Zanmi Lasante.
(d) A Zanmi Lasante training for local Haitians.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps a group of Cangeois to draft a petition for electricity to President Aristide?

2. How does Serena Koenig describe the Lascahobas situation?

3. Who is Peggy McAvoy?

4. What is true of the Haitian government in 2000, according to Mountains beyond Mountains?

5. Who pays for the interest payments on Paul Farmer's 2002 expansion loan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Zanmi Lasante so successful?

5. How do capitalists, commies, and Jesus Christers all assist Paul Farmer?

6. Does Paul Farmer treat Jim Kim with respect?

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

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

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

10. Is Paul Farmer a good father?

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