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

2. Why does Paul Farmer travel light when he flies?
(a) To bring needed items and gifts.
(b) He keeps all the clothes he needs in both Boston and Cange.
(c) To avoid stress to his shoulder.
(d) To avoid waiting for luggage.

3. When the patient named John is referred by Paul Farmer and sent for treatment, what disease does he have?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Kawasaki's Disease.

4. What expansion does Paul Farmer begin in the summer of 2002?
(a) Socios en Salud.
(b) Zanmi Lasante.
(c) Tomsk Oblast Tuberculosis Hospital.
(d) Gates and Parters TB Clinic.

5. Who is Jorge Perez?
(a) The Haitian President.
(b) A man who works with Jim Yong Kim in Peru.
(c) A friend that helps with the cost of medication.
(d) A Catholic Priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What resulted from the case of John that is told in the O for the P?

2. How does Paul Farmer feel about his rotations at Brigham and Women's Hospital?

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

4. What is true of Paul and Jim in the beginning of the A Light Month for Travel section?

5. What type of doctors does Paul Farmer says he wants to work at his clinic in A Light Month for Travel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Ti Fifi.

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

5. Why is Zanmi Lasante so successful?

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

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

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

9. Describe the AIDS sanatorium in Cuba.

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

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