1.What else could the children not do besides read and write?
a) speak English
b) do maths
c) cook
d) sew
2.How much time do 120 million children spend in school?
a) 50 hours a week
b) 7 hours a day
c) 4 days a week
d) little or no time
3.How much money do countries lose by not educating children?
a) $130 billion
b) $13,000,000
c) $130,288,634,722.99
d) $130 million
4.What kind of crisis did a UN spokeswoman talk of?
a) a not-so-serious one
b) a humanitarian one
c) a learning crisis
d) an urgent one
5.What did the woman say countries should focus on?
a) English
b) quality
c) science
d) quantity
6.How much richer could a country get by educating girls?
a) 25% richer
b) 40% richer
c) 66% richer
d) 85% richer
7.What proportion of girls in Arab countries may not go to school?
a) four-fifths
b) three-quarters
c) two-thirds
d) nine-tenths
8.In what country can only 36% of girls read and write?
a) Yemen
b) USA
c) Madagascar
d) Bhutan
9.When might developing countries achieve literacy?
a) 2072
b) never
c) 2280
d) the end of this year
10.How much did the rate of children not going to school fall by in Laos?
a) 82%
b) 83%
c) 84%
d) 85%