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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the population in Bangladesh could not read or write in the late 1970s?
(a) 90 percent.
(b) 40 percent.
(c) 75 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the success of the loan support groups within Yunus's program?
(a) Competition.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Intimidation.
(d) Incentives.

3. What do people need in order to borrow money from the government bank in Bangladesh?
(a) Collateral.
(b) Farmland.
(c) Downpayments.
(d) References.

4. Who does the managing director of the Bangladesh Agriculature Bank tell Yunus are failing the country?
(a) Villagers.
(b) Academics.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Bankers.

5. How many times does the Grameen Bank apply for permission from the Central Bank to offer housing loans?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

6. As Yunus begins his university study, he finds that economists rarely reflect on the origin and development of ___________.
(a) Banks.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Faminie.
(d) Wealth.

7. How many people does Yunus find in the village of Jobra that are in the same cycle of poverty like Sufiaya?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Forty-two.
(d) Five.

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

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

10. What do the farmers in Jobra agree to do for Yunus's initial university study?
(a) Plant soybeans.
(b) Leave their fields fallow.
(c) Plant low-yeilding rice.
(d) Plant high-yeilding rice.

11. What major war is going on while Yunus is getting his Ph.D. in America?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Gulf War.
(c) The Vietman War.
(d) World War II.

12. What is the name of the capital city of Bangladesh?
(a) Chittagong.
(b) Tangail.
(c) Dhaka.
(d) Jobra.

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

14. What kind of business does Yunus's father have?
(a) Mill.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Bank.
(d) Farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does each member of the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee donate to the committee fund?

2. As Yunus begins the loan program in Jobra village, who does he initially designate to collect the loan payments?

3. In what year does Yunus remarry?

4. How much are all support group members required to deposit into a group fund?

5. When Yunus begins to teach at Chittagong University, what does he notice as he drives from his father's house every day?

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