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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Alex Goldfarb and Jim Yong Kim argue about at the 1998 Boston Conference?

2. What role does Ophelia play in Paul's efforts to help the people of Haiti?

3. Why did the people that Paul Farmer work with in Haiti lose their farms?

4. What is true of Paul Farmer when he and Tracy Kidder meet again in 1999?

5. Why are there soldiers in Haiti in 1994?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Socios en Salud successful?

2. Is the DOTS treatment as described in Chapter 15 effective?

3. Why is Rudolf Virchow important to Paul Farmer?

4. What is the impetus for the creation of Socios en Salud?

5. Is Paul Farmer a person of faith, as of Chapter 9?

6. What is Paul Farmer's wedding like?

7. Describe Paul Farmer's appearance in the first chapter of Mountains Beyond Mountains.

8. Why is the method of travel and the land around Zanmi Lasante important?

9. Why is Arata Kochi important in Mountains Beyond Mountains?

10. Describe the irony surrounding Father Jack's death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select three people from Mountains Beyond Mountains that are victims of injustice. For each one describe the injustice, what the root causes are, if it is resolved, and if so by whom. Compare these people and their situations based on these criteria.

Essay Topic 2

Does Paul Farmer choose the life he lives out of moral obligation, guilt, reward, or some other reason? Support your answer by analyzing his comments and behavior throughout Mountains Beyond Mountains.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Paul Farmer and the Warden as fathers.

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