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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yunus decides to structure the loan repayment on a _________ basis for his loan program.
(a) Monthly.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Annual.
(d) Daily.

2. What is the population of Chittagong?
(a) 600,000.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 1 million.

3. Yunus's father is a devout __________.
(a) Hindu.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Muslim.

4. What is the current interest rate for Grameen loans?
(a) 5 percent.
(b) 2 percent.
(c) 20 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

5. How much does each member of the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee donate to the committee fund?
(a) $100.
(b) $1000.
(c) $300.
(d) $2500.

6. How much are all support group members required to deposit into a group fund?
(a) Five dollars from each loan.
(b) Ten dollars from each loan.
(c) Ten percent of each loan.
(d) Five percent of each loan.

7. How many times does the Grameen Bank apply for permission from the Central Bank to offer housing loans?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

8. What does Yunus want for his students who are working so hard on the Jobra loan experiment?
(a) Awards.
(b) Academic credit.
(c) Recognition.
(d) Compensation.

9. How many houses have Grameen loans helped build?
(a) 560,000.
(b) 56.
(c) 5600.
(d) 560.

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

11. What is the holy festival that Yunus attends in the fall of 1977?
(a) Jakat.
(b) Niribili.
(c) Ramadan.
(d) Eid-ul Fitr.

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

13. Tangail District is in the throes of a warlike situation with an underground ____________ movement.
(a) Marxist.
(b) Military.
(c) Communist.
(d) Democratic.

14. How many children are born into Yunus's family?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

15. What does Yunus learn from Professor Georgescu-Roegen that causes economics and life to be more complicated than they really are?
(a) Time.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Money.
(d) Ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are mahajons in Bangladesh?

2. Where is the official from that Yunus stays with in Washington D.C. when he is representing the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee?

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the success of the loan support groups within Yunus's program?

4. Yunus and his second wife make a home in ____________, where they continue to live today.

5. How many days of training do all support group members have to complete to be accepted into Yunus's program?

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