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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Stool Makers of Jobra Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the middlemen that Sufiaya Begum has to go through to get her bamboo?
(a) Purdahs.
(b) Takas.
(c) Paikars.
(d) Poyshas.

2. What is the name of the Muslim custom that keeps married women in seclusion?
(a) Taka.
(b) Paikar.
(c) Purdah.
(d) Poysha.

3. What does Yunus's father not like about being in business?
(a) Making speeches.
(b) Running a factory.
(c) Getting loans.
(d) Navigating politics.

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

5. Yunus's mother tells him the story of _____________.
(a) Hussan and Hussein.
(b) Dula Mia.
(c) Khatan and Karbala.
(d) Bishad Shindhu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Boy Scout leader who had a strong influence on Yunus?

2. What year does Yunus return to Bangladesh after teaching in Tennessee?

3. What is the name of the leader of the Pakistan partition movement?

4. What is the name of Yunus's father?

5. How many Bengalis are in the Nashville area at the time that Yunus forms the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee?

(see the answer key)

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