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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. An independent investigator finds the average rate of return for CARD borrowers is what?

2. What percentage of the world's population live in extreme poverty?

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

4. What year does Professor Gibbons launch the Grameen replicator program called Project Ikhtiar?

5. When Yunus approaches community leaders in Chicago, they argue that self-employment is a ___________ concept.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Grameen-like programs established around the world?

2. What kind of loans does Grameen give now that it is an established world entity?

3. What role does Yunus believe the government should have in combating poverty?

4. How does Yunus view the role of the entrepreneur?

5. What is Grameen Securities Management Company?

6. What is the Grameen Generalized System?

7. Why doesn't Grameen offer skill training?

8. What is the Grameen Foundation USA?

9. How does the Grameen Bank begin replication programs?

10. What is the International Dialogue Program?

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