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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chittagong is what kind of city?
(a) Mountain outpost.
(b) Seaport.
(c) Small industrial.
(d) Rural farmland.

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

3. Yunus's mother tells him the story of _____________.
(a) Khatan and Karbala.
(b) Hussan and Hussein.
(c) Dula Mia.
(d) Bishad Shindhu.

4. Yunus launches a project with his Chittagong University students to study what?
(a) Jobra's economy.
(b) Money lending.
(c) Farm yields.
(d) Jobra's people.

5. What is the name of the children's magazine that Yunus and his brother cleverly get for free?
(a) Bishad.
(b) Banik.
(c) Salam.
(d) Shuktara.

6. 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.

7. What is the name of the capital city of Bangladesh?
(a) Tangail.
(b) Jobra.
(c) Dhaka.
(d) Chittagong.

8. What does Yunus reluctantly agree to do in order to get the first government loans for the people of Jobra village?
(a) Become an officer of the bank.
(b) Move into the village.
(c) Quit teaching.
(d) Guarantee the loans.

9. What does the government bank manager say is the biggest problem with loaning money to the poor people of Bangladesh?
(a) Loan documents.
(b) Worthy enterprises.
(c) Government permission.
(d) Available funds.

10. Yunus and his second wife make a home in ____________, where they continue to live today.
(a) Dhaka.
(b) Tangail.
(c) Chittagong.
(d) Jobra.

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

12. What percentage of loans does Yunus want to go to women in his initial bank experiment?
(a) 25 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 75 percent.

13. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the success of the loan support groups within Yunus's program?
(a) Incentives.
(b) Competition.
(c) Solidarity.
(d) Intimidation.

14. What is the population of Bangladesh?
(a) 20 million.
(b) 2 billion.
(c) 100 million.
(d) 120 million.

15. Yunus develops an ownership proposal where the Bangladesh government will own what percentage of Grameen?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Seventy-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Yunus remarry?

2. Where is the opening ceremony for the Grameen Bank held?

3. What does Yunus's father not like about being in business?

4. How many people does Yunus find in the village of Jobra that are in the same cycle of poverty like Sufiaya?

5. How much in total does Yunus discover the poverty stricken people of Jobra need to make their own products?

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