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

2. How many villages does Grameen operate in by the year 2000?
(a) 1,175.
(b) 41,000.
(c) 17,000.
(d) 47,000.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a long tradition of what craft that was once in high demand in Bangladesh?

2. What year was Grameen Bank II launched?

3. What is the name of the fisheries project Grameen takes on?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Grameen Foundation USA?

2. How does the Grameen Bank begin replication programs?

3. What is the problem between Grameen and the World Bank?

4. What problems does Yunus encounter with the U.S. welfare system?

5. What is Yunus's view of the need for Internet access in poor communities?

6. How does Yunus rate the success of the Grameen programs as he looks back on the first two decades?

7. How does Grameen give its staff leeway to be creative with loans?

8. What is the definition of a "social entrepreneur"?

9. What problems does Yunus find with resource allocation in Bangladesh?

10. What problems does Grameen encounter in the early 1990s?

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