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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grameen Bank provides housing loans at what interest rate?
(a) 8 percent.
(b) 20 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 5 percent.

2. According to Yunus, Bangladesh is a land of what?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Natural disasters.
(c) Fertile land.
(d) Wealth.

3. An independent investigator finds what percentage of CARD members use their loans for income-generating activities?
(a) 4 percent.
(b) 70 percent.
(c) 97 percent.
(d) 27 percent.

4. Where is Professor David Gibbons teaching when he meets Yunus at a conference near Dhaka?
(a) Philippines.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) Bangladesh.
(d) Canada.

5. Who funds the fisheries project before Grameen?
(a) Bangladesh government.
(b) United Nations.
(c) World Bank.
(d) Brittish aid agency.

6. Grameen Bank II requires all borrowers to contribute _______ into a pension fund each month.
(a) 15 takas.
(b) 5 takas.
(c) 50 takas.
(d) 500 takas.

7. What do the words mean in title of the program, Ahon Sa Hirop, started by Dr. Generoso Octavio?
(a) Rise above poverty.
(b) A rise from the dirt.
(c) A rise from the Ashes.
(d) Away from poverty.

8. The Grameen replication program called the Landless People's Fund of the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development is established in which country?
(a) Bangladesh.
(b) China.
(c) Malaysia.
(d) Philippines.

9. There is a long tradition of what craft that was once in high demand in Bangladesh?
(a) Painting.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Knife making.

10. The first Microcredit Summit was held in what year?
(a) 1990.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1997.

11. Yunus stresses in his speech that the Microcredit Summit is not what?
(a) A fundraising event.
(b) A think tank.
(c) A significant agent of change.
(d) A historical event.

12. In over two decades of existence, how many years does Grameen Bank not turn a profit?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

13. Grameen is considered by many in Bangladesh to be the enemy of ______________.
(a) Free markets.
(b) The revolution.
(c) The poor.
(d) Free trade.

14. How many total branches does the Grameen Bank have by the end of the book?
(a) 1,100.
(b) 180,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 1,181.

15. From where does Grameen receive helpful media coverage in March 1990?
(a) Interview with BBC London.
(b) 60 Minutes on CBS.
(c) Interview with Barbara Walters on ABC.
(d) New York Times front page article.

Short Answer Questions

1. As GrameenPhone is launched, Bangladesh has one phone per _______ inhabitants.

2. How long does it take to transition all the branches into Grameen Bank II?

3. How many ponds does the fisheries project consist of by 1988?

4. What is the purpose of the non-profit Grameen Shakti?

5. What year does Professor Gibbons launch the Grameen replicator program called Project Ikhtiar?

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