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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take to transition all the branches into Grameen Bank II?
(a) One year.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Eight months.

2. 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.

3. Overall, Grameen is considered to be where on the political spectrum?
(a) Left.
(b) Center.
(c) Not on the spectrum.
(d) Right.

4. What is the purpose of the non-profit Grameen Shakti?
(a) Providing clean water.
(b) Providing health care.
(c) Developing literacy programs.
(d) Developing sources of renewable energy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Simply by being a shareholder in the Grameen Bank, members receive what?

2. How many villages does Grameen operate in by the year 2000?

3. When does Yunus tell Governor Clinton that he can start a Grameen program in Arkansas?

4. Yunus calls the ____________ the "Grameen micro-credit highway."

5. By the end of the book, what percentage of Grameen Bank does Bangladeshi government own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Yunus encounter with the U.S. welfare system?

2. What is Yunus's view of how to end poverty in the world?

3. Who are mirco-credit programs designed to reach?

4. Why doesn't Grameen offer skill training?

5. What is the problem between Grameen and the World Bank?

6. How do the Clintons become involved with the Grameen Bank?

7. What are Grameen Phone and Grameen Telecom?

8. What problems does the Grameen fishery project encounter in the first years?

9. How does Yunus rate the success of the Grameen programs as he looks back on the first two decades?

10. What is Yunus's view of the need for Internet access in poor communities?

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