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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the official from that Yunus stays with in Washington D.C. when he is representing the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee?

3. When members of the support groups are finally approved to have a loan, how much is the initial loan asked for in the 1980s?

4. What is on the Grameen logo designed by Yunus?

5. What is the name of the capital city of Bangladesh?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yunus describe his Bengali school?

2. What does Yunus conclude is a fundamental problem of poverty?

3. What happens in the personal life of Yunus in 1980?

4. Who designs the logo for the Grameen Bank, what does it look like, and what does it symbolize?

5. What happens during the Partition in 1947?

6. What is the set up in the village of Jobra to determine loan eligibility and repayment terms?

7. What happens to Yunus's mother, Sofia?

8. What is happening in Yunus's homeland in 1971 while he is in America?

9. What does Yunus find rewarding about his work as he begins to develop the Grameen Bank?

10. Who helps Yunus get his loan program started?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What, specifically, leads Yunus to become a banker to the poor?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the highs and lows experienced by Grameen in the 1990s.

Essay Topic 3

What is Partition and what effect does it have on Muhammad Yunus? How does this lay the framework for his future devotion to his country?

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