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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From where does Grameen receive helpful media coverage in March 1990?
(a) Interview with Barbara Walters on ABC.
(b) New York Times front page article.
(c) 60 Minutes on CBS.
(d) Interview with BBC London.

3. Yunus calls the ____________ the "Grameen micro-credit highway."
(a) Basic loan.
(b) Housing loan.
(c) Education loan.
(d) Pension fund.

4. When does Yunus meet Governor Bill Clinton?
(a) February 1987.
(b) February 1986.
(c) March 1989.
(d) March 1985.

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

6. Yunus believes one of the best ways to alleviate poverty is to encourage __________________.
(a) Social entrepreneurs.
(b) World Bank programs.
(c) UN aid organizations.
(d) Women's rights.

7. How many children around the world die each day from hunger-related diseases?
(a) 3,500.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 350,000.
(d) 35,000.

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

9. Jan Piercy is Hillary Rodham Clinton's ____________.
(a) Law partner.
(b) Childhood friend.
(c) Press secretary.
(d) College roommate.

10. UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries found that the birth rate falls as _______________.
(a) Women gain equality.
(b) Governments limit family size.
(c) Women are kept submissive.
(d) Men gain wealth.

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

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

13. The program in Pine Bluff, Arkansas is changed from the Grameen Fund to the ___________.
(a) Free Help Fund.
(b) Good Faith Fund.
(c) Good Works Fund.
(d) Free Money Fund.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yunus has a new definition of an entrepreneur who is what?

3. By what year would Yunus like to see a world free of poverty?

4. How many countries operate Grameen-style micro-credit programs by the end of the book?

5. Critics often argue that ____________ does not contribute to the economic development of a country.

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