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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. By what year would Yunus like to see a world free of poverty?
(a) 2050.
(b) 2100.
(c) 2075.
(d) 2015.

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

6. Bangladesh is approximately the size of ______________.
(a) California.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Florida.

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

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

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

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

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

12. How many total branches does the Grameen Bank have by the end of the book?
(a) 1,181.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 180,000.
(d) 1,100.

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

14. What year does Professor Gibbons launch the Grameen replicator program called Project Ikhtiar?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1987.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Grameen Bank II requires all borrowers to contribute _______ into a pension fund each month.

3. What is Grameen Check?

4. Who does the Lakota Fund in South Dakota help?

5. Who do Arkansas state officials first introduce Yunus to in the preliminary steps of finding Grameen borrowers?

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