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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Grameen in the Nineties.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Yunus receive news of the government proclamation that the Grameen bank was born?
(a) June 1985.
(b) March 1984.
(c) September 1983.
(d) December 1982.

3. What does Yunus reluctantly agree to do in order to get the first government loans for the people of Jobra village?
(a) Guarantee the loans.
(b) Quit teaching.
(c) Move into the village.
(d) Become an officer of the bank.

4. What is one of the hardest years ever for Grameen on many fronts?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1971.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are mahajons in Bangladesh?

2. How many houses have Grameen loans helped build?

3. What is the name of the Muslim custom that keeps married women in seclusion?

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

5. What percentage of the population in Bangladesh could not read or write in the late 1970s?

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