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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. When Jim Yong Kim travels to Russia, what does he do at the banquet?

2. What reason is given for the intensity of the Russian TB outbreak?

3. What does Paul Farmer do when he has a case that is too complicated or outside of his specialty?

4. What best describes the communication between Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim after receiving the Gates endowment?

5. Who announces plans to establish a transfusion post at Zanmi Lasante in the Afterword of Mountains Beyond Mountains?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Ti Fifi.

3. Is it moral for the medevac company to charge for its services to bring John to Boston?

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

5. What does the author, Tracy Kidder, think of Paul Farmer?

6. Why is Zanmi Lasante so successful?

7. What does Paul Farmer mean in Chapter 25 when he says that John's family died of Haiti?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Mountains Beyond Mountains politics, money, and religion all play key roles. For each, select a person from the story that represents that role and explain why you selected them and what their inclusion contributes to the book.

Essay Topic 2

Ophelia Dahl and Didi Bertrand are the two main women in Paul Farmer's romantic life. Compare and contrast these two women, the way they are addressed in the book, and the way their existence affects a reader's perception of Paul Farmer and his work.

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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