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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 much does the bamboo cost that Sufiaya Begum has to buy to make her stools?
(a) Twenty-two cents.
(b) Twenty-five dollars.
(c) Five cents.
(d) Ten dollars.

2. How much profit does Sufiaya Begum make on selling her bamboo stools?
(a) Twenty-two cents.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Twenty-five dollars.
(d) Two cents.

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

4. What year does the Grameen Bank receive the Aga Khan International Award for Architecture?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1991.

5. As Yunus begins the loan program in Jobra village, who does he initially designate to collect the loan payments?
(a) Yunus.
(b) The pan seller.
(c) The stool maker.
(d) A student.

Short Answer Questions

1. In many Third World countries, the overwhelming majority of people make their living through what?

2. Bangladesh is approximately the size of ______________.

3. How many Bengalis are in the Nashville area at the time that Yunus forms the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee?

4. From where does Grameen receive helpful media coverage in March 1990?

5. When does Yunus receive news of the government proclamation that the Grameen bank was born?

(see the answer key)

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