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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Bangladesh in 1991, Grameen members come out in great numbers to do what?
(a) Vote.
(b) Protest.
(c) Work.
(d) Riot.

2. In answering a reporter's question, Yunus says he would move the headquarters of the World Bank to where?
(a) London.
(b) Jobra.
(c) Washington D. C.
(d) Dhaka.

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

4. An independent investigator finds what percentage of CARD members use their loans for income-generating activities?
(a) 4 percent.
(b) 70 percent.
(c) 27 percent.
(d) 97 percent.

5. According to Yunus, poverty is not created by ____________.
(a) Governments.
(b) Structures of society.
(c) The poor.
(d) Capitalists.

6. When does Yunus tell Governor Clinton that he can start a Grameen program in Arkansas?
(a) One year.
(b) The next day.
(c) Six months.
(d) The next month.

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

8. What does Grameen Uddog stand for?
(a) Grameen Initiatives.
(b) Grameen Pets.
(c) Grameen Progress.
(d) Grameen United.

9. The first Microcredit Summit was held in what year?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1996.

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

11. In over two decades of existence, how many years does Grameen Bank not turn a profit?
(a) None.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Twelve.

12. How many ponds does the fisheries project consist of by 1988?
(a) 667.
(b) 808.
(c) 783.
(d) 1666.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Simply by being a shareholder in the Grameen Bank, members receive what?

2. Yunus believes that the welfare laws in the U.S. makes recipients ________________.

3. As GrameenPhone is launched, Bangladesh has one phone per _______ inhabitants.

4. Most foreign aid given to developing countries goes toward what?

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

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