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

2. What does Yunus's father not like about being in business?
(a) Getting loans.
(b) Making speeches.
(c) Running a factory.
(d) Navigating politics.

3. What do the farmers in Jobra agree to do for Yunus's initial university study?
(a) Plant low-yeilding rice.
(b) Plant soybeans.
(c) Plant high-yeilding rice.
(d) Leave their fields fallow.

4. Which of the following is NOT an interest of the young Yunus?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Stamps.
(c) Movies.
(d) Photography.

5. Yunus's experiment with the village of Jobra convinces him to focus on what?
(a) Small land owners.
(b) Farm workers.
(c) Landless poor.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the children's magazine that Yunus and his brother cleverly get for free?

2. What year does Yunus return to Bangladesh after teaching in Tennessee?

3. What is the name of Yunus's first wife?

4. Yunus's mother tells him the story of _____________.

5. What does Yunus learn from Professor Georgescu-Roegen that causes economics and life to be more complicated than they really are?

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