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

2. What are mahajons in Bangladesh?
(a) Moneylenders.
(b) Rich bankers.
(c) Factory workers.
(d) Prostitutes.

3. What equipment does Yunus notice going unused in the fields of Jobra?
(a) Plow.
(b) Tractor.
(c) Sprinkler.
(d) Tubewell.

4. What scholarship for a Ph.D is Yunus offered in 1965?
(a) Fulbright.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Bengali National.
(d) Rhodes.

5. What kind of business does Yunus begin in the early 1960s?
(a) A bank.
(b) An economics program for children.
(c) Packaging and printing plant.
(d) Shoe factory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Yunus reluctantly agree to do in order to get the first government loans for the people of Jobra village?

3. What is the name of the brother that attended the Lamar Bazar Free Primary School with Yunus?

4. What does the name of the farmers' cooperative experiment in Jobra, "Nabajug," mean?

5. What is the name of the Boy Scout leader who had a strong influence on Yunus?

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