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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, A Bengali in America.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Yunus learn from Professor Georgescu-Roegen that causes economics and life to be more complicated than they really are?
(a) Time.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Money.

3. Yunus's father is a devout __________.
(a) Baptist.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Muslim.

4. How old is Yunus when his mother's behavior begins to change?
(a) Nine.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Four.
(d) Eleven.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the brother that attended the Lamar Bazar Free Primary School with Yunus?

3. How many children are born into Yunus's family?

4. What kind of business does Yunus begin in the early 1960s?

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

(see the answer key)

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