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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did Pakistan partition from India?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1947.

2. What is the current interest rate for Grameen loans?
(a) 2 percent.
(b) 5 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

3. By 1982, Grameen Bank has grown from 500 members to ______________.
(a) 3400.
(b) 34,000.
(c) 28,000.
(d) 2800.

4. How many times does the Grameen Bank apply for permission from the Central Bank to offer housing loans?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

5. Which of the following is NOT an interest of the young Yunus?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Photography.
(d) Movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the government bank manager say is the biggest problem with loaning money to the poor people of Bangladesh?

2. When Yunus begins to teach at Chittagong University, what does he notice as he drives from his father's house every day?

3. What does Yunus reluctantly agree to do in order to get the first government loans for the people of Jobra village?

4. When does Yunus receive news of the government proclamation that the Grameen bank was born?

5. Where does Yunus go first to study in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening in Yunus's homeland in 1971 while he is in America?

2. What does Yunus find rewarding about his work as he begins to develop the Grameen Bank?

3. What did Yunus discover as he visited the poor villagers of Jobra?

4. How does the Grameen Bank Project attract young people to its employ?

5. What happens to Yunus's mother, Sofia?

6. What does Yunus conclude is a fundamental problem of poverty?

7. What surprise does Yunus find in the final agreement from the government to help the Grameen Bank in 1983?

8. Who is Yunus's first wife and how did he meet her?

9. What does the bank manager tell Yunus about developing a loan program for the poor?

10. What is Yunus's experience like at the American universities he attends?

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