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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Stool Makers of Jobra Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Yunus's mother?
(a) Bishad Shindhu.
(b) Moharran Karbala.
(c) Sofia Khatun.
(d) Dula Mia.

2. What does Yunus's father not like about being in business?
(a) Making speeches.
(b) Running a factory.
(c) Getting loans.
(d) Navigating politics.

3. What is Yunus's favorite American television show to watch during his first summer in the U.S.?
(a) 60 Minutes.
(b) I Love Lucy.
(c) Hogan's Heroes.
(d) Gilligan's Island.

4. What does Yunus learn from Professor Georgescu-Roegen that causes economics and life to be more complicated than they really are?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Time.
(c) Money.
(d) Arrogance.

5. What is the name of Yunus's first wife?
(a) Velda.
(b) Sofia.
(c) Sasha.
(d) Vera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Pakistan partition from India?

2. What kind of business does Yunus begin in the early 1960s?

3. As Yunus begins to define poverty, what does he discover is left out of most definitions of the poor?

4. How many people does Yunus find in the village of Jobra that are in the same cycle of poverty like Sufiaya?

5. What kind of business does Yunus's father have?

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