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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yunus estimates that Internet use worldwide is __________ every year.
(a) Doubling.
(b) Tripling.
(c) Growing insignificantly.
(d) Shrinking.

2. Who funds the fisheries project before Grameen?
(a) United Nations.
(b) Brittish aid agency.
(c) World Bank.
(d) Bangladesh government.

3. What organization in Chicago starts the Full Circle Fund?
(a) RESULTS.
(b) MIT.
(c) WSEP.
(d) CASHPOR.

4. Which European government gives the CARD program a poor rating?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

5. When Yunus approaches community leaders in Chicago, they argue that self-employment is a ___________ concept.
(a) Worthless.
(b) Primative.
(c) Novel.
(d) Excellent.

6. What is the name of the association responsible for forming Grameen replication programs started by Professor Gibbons?
(a) PKSF.
(b) CARD.
(c) CASHPOR.
(d) RESULTS.

7. Grameen Bank II requires all borrowers to contribute _______ into a pension fund each month.
(a) 15 takas.
(b) 50 takas.
(c) 5 takas.
(d) 500 takas.

8. Grameen Bank provides housing loans at what interest rate?
(a) 8 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 5 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

9. An independent investigator finds the average rate of return for CARD borrowers is what?
(a) 78 percent.
(b) 18 percent.
(c) 97 percent.
(d) 117 percent.

10. What do the words mean in title of the program, Ahon Sa Hirop, started by Dr. Generoso Octavio?
(a) A rise from the dirt.
(b) Rise above poverty.
(c) Away from poverty.
(d) A rise from the Ashes.

11. What is the source of power for the cellular phones in the villages of Bangladesh?
(a) Generators.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Wind turbines.
(d) Solar energy.

12. Yunus argues that World Bank policies affect who the most?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Investors.
(c) Old poor.
(d) New poor.

13. Who is the American co-chair of the first Microcredit Summit?
(a) Laura Bush.
(b) Hillary Rodham Clinton.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Bill Clinton.

14. What does the first volunteer who raises her hand in Pine Bluff, Arkansas tell Yunus she wants a loan for?
(a) Sewing machine.
(b) Nail scultping box.
(c) Childcare license.
(d) Push cart.

15. What American group gives the first funding for the Grameen Trust?
(a) Rockefeller Foundation.
(b) Microsoft.
(c) Ford Foundation.
(d) MacArthur Foundation.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Yunus, poverty is not created by ____________.

2. When does Yunus tell Governor Clinton that he can start a Grameen program in Arkansas?

3. The first Microcredit Summit was held in what year?

4. In answering a reporter's question, Yunus says he would move the headquarters of the World Bank to where?

5. The Grameen replication program called the Landless People's Fund of the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development is established in which country?

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