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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the managing director of the Bangladesh Agriculature Bank tell Yunus are failing the country?
(a) Bankers.
(b) Villagers.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Academics.

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

3. As Yunus begins his university study, he finds that economists rarely reflect on the origin and development of ___________.
(a) Faminie.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Banks.
(d) Wealth.

4. Who does Yunus say are not the poorest people in Bangladesh?
(a) Women.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Villagers.
(d) Craftsmen.

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

6. Upon his return to Bangladesh, Yunus takes a position with the government's _________________.
(a) Planning Commission.
(b) Banking system.
(c) Parliament.
(d) Ruling party.

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

8. When Yunus begins to teach at Chittagong University, what does he notice as he drives from his father's house every day?
(a) Dying villagers.
(b) Barren fields.
(c) Thriving villagers.
(d) Lush fields.

9. How many Bengalis are in the Nashville area at the time that Yunus forms the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee?
(a) Twenty-seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Twleve.

10. Where is the family of Yunus's first wife from originally?
(a) U.S.S.R.
(b) Romania.
(c) England.
(d) Pakistan.

11. As Yunus visits the embassies of other countries throughout Washington D.C., they all ask if Bangladesh has a _____________.
(a) Army.
(b) Flag.
(c) Treasury.
(d) Government.

12. What year did Pakistan partition from India?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1953.

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

14. How much in total does Yunus discover the poverty stricken people of Jobra need to make their own products?
(a) $27.
(b) $47.
(c) $125.
(d) $1024.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Yunus decides to structure the loan repayment on a _________ basis for his loan program.

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

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

4. How much are all support group members required to deposit into a group fund?

5. One managing director of the Central Bank of Bangladesh things village life is being ruined by bank employees' use of what?

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