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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the aid money given to Bangladesh is estimated to actually be spent in the country?
(a) 25 percent.
(b) 75 percent.
(c) 85 percent.
(d) 45 percent.

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

3. There is a long tradition of what craft that was once in high demand in Bangladesh?
(a) Weaving.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Knife making.
(d) Painting.

4. What international aid agency is Yunus particularly critical of?
(a) United Nations.
(b) Habitat for Humanity.
(c) UNICEF.
(d) World Bank.

5. How much grant money does Grameen receive through the World Bank CGAP program?
(a) $98 million.
(b) $3 billion.
(c) $30 million.
(d) $2 million.

6. Grameen is considered by many in Bangladesh to be the enemy of ______________.
(a) Free markets.
(b) The revolution.
(c) The poor.
(d) Free trade.

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

8. What is one of the hardest years ever for Grameen on many fronts?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1991.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1981.

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

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

11. Yunus believes one of the biggest flaws of international aid agencies is being too what?
(a) Altruistic.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Thrifty.
(d) Unrealistic.

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

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

14. As GrameenPhone is launched, Bangladesh has one phone per _______ inhabitants.
(a) 250.
(b) 300.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 5000.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In over two decades of existence, how many years does Grameen Bank not turn a profit?

3. Which European government gives the CARD program a poor rating?

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

5. Grameen goes against traditional methods of poverty alleviation by not providing what?

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