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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. How many branches does the Grameen Bank open each year throughout the 1980s?
(a) 100.
(b) 250.
(c) 25.
(d) 1000.

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

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

4. How many people does Yunus find in the village of Jobra that are in the same cycle of poverty like Sufiaya?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Forty-two.
(d) Twenty-two.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What percentage of ownership does Grameen Bank have when their arrangement with the Bangladesh government is restructured?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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