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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 is the name of the hospital where Paul Farmer works four months out of the year?

2. What happens to the Peru branch of Partners in Health as a result of the civil war?

3. Who is Jean Bertrand-Aristide?

4. Why are there soldiers in Haiti in 1994?

5. What is the junta suspected of doing in Mirebalais in the first section of the story labeled Dokte Paul?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Alexander Goldfarb reluctant to implement DOTS in Russia, in Chapter 18?

2. Describe Jim Yong Kim.

3. Describe the WLs and AMC that Paul, Jim, and Ophelia discuss in Chapter Ten.

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

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

6. Explain how the author observes Paul Farmer beginning each day in Chapter Three.

7. Describe Paul Farmer's parents.

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

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

10. What is Paul Farmer's wedding like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Didi Bertrand, Father Jack, and Ophelia within the context of wealth and poverty.

Essay Topic 2

In Mountains Beyond Mountains, is there a clear line drawn between good people and bad people in the book? Explain your answer with references to specific people and incidents in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Using evidence from Mountains Beyond Mountains, answer the following question: Is Paul Farmer a realist or a dreamer?

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