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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many villages does Grameen operate in by the year 2000?
(a) 41,000.
(b) 17,000.
(c) 1,175.
(d) 47,000.

2. How long does it take to transition all the branches into Grameen Bank II?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Two months.
(d) One year.

3. Yunus believes the world has been persuaded that the capitalist economy must be fueled by __________.
(a) Greed.
(b) Free trade.
(c) Laws.
(d) Social reform.

4. Who does the Lakota Fund in South Dakota help?
(a) Sioux Nation.
(b) Cherokee Territory.
(c) Iroquois Indians.
(d) Bengali Nation.

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

6. Yunus would define development by focusing on the quality of life for what part of the population?
(a) Upper 50 percent.
(b) Upper 25 percent.
(c) Lower 25 percent.
(d) Lower 50 percent.

7. Overall, Grameen is considered to be where on the political spectrum?
(a) Center.
(b) Not on the spectrum.
(c) Right.
(d) Left.

8. By the end of the book, what percentage of Grameen Bank does Bangladeshi government own?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Ninety.

9. In what year does Grameen loan its one billionth dollar?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1996.

10. Under the traditional orthodoxy of economics, all investment money is locked into what category?
(a) Social reformation.
(b) Resource allocation.
(c) Personal profit.
(d) Government profit.

11. By March 2003, how many "telephone ladies" does GrameenPhone have selling phone services in villages?
(a) 25.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 250.
(d) 25,000.

12. The Grameen replication program called the Landless People's Fund of the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development is established in which country?
(a) Philippines.
(b) China.
(c) Malaysia.
(d) Bangladesh.

13. What is the purpose of the non-profit Grameen Shakti?
(a) Developing literacy programs.
(b) Providing health care.
(c) Providing clean water.
(d) Developing sources of renewable energy.

14. In what year does Grameen receive a cellular phone license?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1996.

15. Simply by being a shareholder in the Grameen Bank, members receive what?
(a) Healthcare.
(b) Dividends.
(c) Pension funds.
(d) Loan insurance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jan Piercy is Hillary Rodham Clinton's ____________.

2. At an annual workshop held by the Grameen Bank in 1982, what proposal is drawn up?

3. What year was Grameen Bank II launched?

4. How many children around the world die each day from hunger-related diseases?

5. What is the name of Grameen's quarterly newsletter?

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