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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the official from that Yunus stays with in Washington D.C. when he is representing the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee?

2. Yunus, even from a young age, has always thought of himself as what?

3. In the world of development, Yunus believes that programs combine the poor and non-poor to the benefit of whom?

4. Yunus's father is a devout __________.

5. Which of the following is NOT an interest of the young Yunus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens immediately to the government backed Grameen Bank?

2. Who designs the logo for the Grameen Bank, what does it look like, and what does it symbolize?

3. What are the loan repayment terms that Yunus sets as he develops the Grameen Bank?

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

5. Describe Yunus's childhood home on Boxirhat Road.

6. Who helps Yunus get his loan program started?

7. How does Yunus pay for the printing business he starts in the early 1960s?

8. What happens in 1977 when Yunus visits a bank in Dhaka?

9. What is the outcome of the Chittagong University Rural Development Project?

10. What does Yunus do on behalf of Bengalis and Bangladesh after the country declares independence from Pakistan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Citing three specific examples, discuss the far reaching benefits experienced in the lives of Grameen borrowers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay based on this statement: "The more money we lent to poor women, the more I realized that credit given to a woman brings about change faster than when given to a man," (Chapter 5, pp. 71-72).

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the Grameen loan program is structured and discuss how that structures goes against all traditional loan programs.

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