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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Bangladesh War of Liberation?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1954.

2. What is the name of the middlemen that Sufiaya Begum has to go through to get her bamboo?
(a) Paikars.
(b) Takas.
(c) Purdahs.
(d) Poyshas.

3. How many Bengalis are in the Nashville area at the time that Yunus forms the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee?
(a) Twleve.
(b) Six.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Fourteen.

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the success of the loan support groups within Yunus's program?
(a) Incentives.
(b) Competition.
(c) Solidarity.
(d) Intimidation.

5. What major war is going on while Yunus is getting his Ph.D. in America?
(a) The Gulf War.
(b) The Vietman War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many of Yunus's siblings die in infancy?

3. What do people need in order to borrow money from the government bank in Bangladesh?

4. How old is Yunus when his mother's behavior begins to change?

5. What is on the Grameen logo designed by Yunus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Chittagong University Rural Development Project?

2. Who helps Yunus get his loan program started?

3. What does the bank manager tell Yunus about developing a loan program for the poor?

4. How does Yunus describe his Bengali school?

5. What is a dadan arrangement?

6. What surprise does Yunus find in the final agreement from the government to help the Grameen Bank in 1983?

7. What does Yunus conclude is a fundamental problem of poverty?

8. What are the loan repayment terms that Yunus sets as he develops the Grameen Bank?

9. What happens to Yunus's mother, Sofia?

10. What did Yunus discover as he visited the poor villagers of Jobra?

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