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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 other disease do the Russian patients that Paul Farmer treats for TB also tend to have?

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

3. How many chronic patients are either cured or in treatment due to the second line antibiotics that are made available to Peru and other locations in 2002?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Ti Fifi.

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

7. Why were competing organizations able to come together in Chapter 24 to work on curing TB?

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

9. How is Paul Farmer impacted by funding?

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

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

Compare and contrast Paul Farmer and the Warden as fathers.

Essay Topic 3

Tracy Kidder narrates the book, shares his opinions, and factors in it as an important person.

1) Would you trust Tracy Kidder to give an accurate account of your life story?

2) How is the author's credibility affected by this method of story telling?

3) What other person in the book do you feel would give the most accurate account of Paul Farmer's life? Explain.

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