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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. How did receiving the Gates endowment affect the fund-raising efforts by Partners in Health?
(a) They ceased fund-raising efforts to focus on publicity.
(b) They hired an outside company to manage fundraising actitivities.
(c) They cut fundraising efforts in half.
(d) They continued to pursue past and new contributors.

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 dies.
(c) He lives to become an old man and a staff member at Zanmi Lasante.
(d) He lives for several more years.

3. Where are the two characters in Mountains Beyond Mountains headed at the end of the story?
(a) To an operating room in Zanmi Lasante.
(b) On an eleven hour journey to visit patients.
(c) To a medical conference in Russia.
(d) To France.

4. How does Paul Farmer feel about his rotations at Brigham and Women's Hospital?
(a) They are a necessary evil.
(b) They are intellectually stimulating.
(c) They are useful to help him refuel.
(d) They are a waste of time that could be spent in Haiti.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It's stated, in the O to the P, that some people thought that Paul Farmer was . . .

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

3. Why did the passenger truck from Lascahobas to the nearest city stop making its runs?

4. Whose pictures does Paul Farmer carry in his wallet?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Does Paul Farmer believe that life sucks, as noted in this second TB speech in Cuba?

3. How does Father Jack's influence impact the MDR-TB campaign after his death?

4. Describe Carol and Serena's ride to Port-au-Prince to look for a medevac and a helicopter.

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

6. Describe the AIDS sanatorium in Cuba.

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

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

9. Describe Serena Koenig.

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

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