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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 does Paul Farmer say the world needs to care less about in order to create successes like those in Haiti?
(a) Power and on-up-man-ship.
(b) Hollywood and the policital machine.
(c) Wealth and designer clothes.
(d) Finances and politics.

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

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

4. What happens to the prices of antiretroviral drugs in 2002?
(a) They go up and down continually.
(b) They decline.
(c) They remain the same.
(d) They rise.

5. What is Paul Farmer's desire, as stated in the O to the P section?
(a) To create a small example for the world.
(b) The cure Haiti.
(c) To inspire the world to heal.
(d) To cure the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the patient named John is referred by Paul Farmer and sent for treatment, what disease does he have?

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

3. Where does the author say that Jim was happy to work in the O for the P section?

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

5. What does the book say Paul Farmer earned a reputation for by the late 1990s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the connection between the Open Society Institute and Partners in Health.

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

3. Describe the AIDS sanatorium in Cuba.

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

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

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

7. Describe Serena Koenig.

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

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

10. Does Paul Farmer treat Jim Kim with respect?

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