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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Expanding Beyond Jobra into Tangail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the name of the farmers' cooperative experiment in Jobra, "Nabajug," mean?
(a) Next year.
(b) Hard work.
(c) More food.
(d) New era.

2. What is Yunus's favorite American television show to watch during his first summer in the U.S.?
(a) Hogan's Heroes.
(b) Gilligan's Island.
(c) 60 Minutes.
(d) I Love Lucy.

3. What is the name of the leader of the Pakistan partition movement?
(a) Ali Zindabad.
(b) Lord Louis Mountbatten.
(c) Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
(d) Gandhi.

4. What does Yunus reluctantly agree to do in order to get the first government loans for the people of Jobra village?
(a) Become an officer of the bank.
(b) Move into the village.
(c) Guarantee the loans.
(d) Quit teaching.

5. What year did Yunus's mother die?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the family of Yunus's first wife from originally?

2. How much does the bamboo cost that Sufiaya Begum has to buy to make her stools?

3. Who does Yunus say are not the poorest people in Bangladesh?

4. What does Yunus want for his students who are working so hard on the Jobra loan experiment?

5. What is the population of Chittagong?

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