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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Growth and Challenges for the Bank for the Poor, 1984-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Yunus go first to study in the United States?
(a) University of Tennessee.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) Vanderbilt University.
(d) University of Colorado.

2. In what year does a new Finance Minister restructure the ownership agreement Grameen Bank had with the Bangladesh government?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1992.

3. What percentage of the aid money given to Bangladesh is estimated to actually be spent in the country?
(a) 25 percent.
(b) 75 percent.
(c) 45 percent.
(d) 85 percent.

4. Most foreign aid given to developing countries goes toward what?
(a) Hunger relief.
(b) Sanitation.
(c) Infrastructure projects.
(d) Disease prevention.

5. What does the government bank manager say is the biggest problem with loaning money to the poor people of Bangladesh?
(a) Loan documents.
(b) Government permission.
(c) Available funds.
(d) Worthy enterprises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the current interest rate for Grameen loans?

2. How much profit does Sufiaya Begum make on selling her bamboo stools?

3. Where is the famous economics professor, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen from?

4. Yunus does not use lawyers or legal documents in his loan program because ___________ is an important component to the success of his bank.

5. What is the name of the middlemen that Sufiaya Begum has to go through to get her bamboo?

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