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If you put up a guitar at a pawnshop in return for a loan, what usually happens if you can't pay the loan back?

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The pawnshop can keep the guitar.

Nothing

You get an extra week to pay off the loan.

None of the above

The pawnshop can keep the guitar. This is the general rule for how these loans work.

Paying off payday loans on time, every time, is a great way to build up your credit score.

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True

False

False. Payday lenders do not report your borrowing activity to the three big credit bureaus, so the activity will not influence your credit score.

When you take out a payday loan, how long is the grace period for paying it back?

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Two weeks

One month

Two months

There is no grace period.

There is no grace period. Payday loans do not offer grace periods; you must pay them back on your payday or you will be charged late fees.

How might a payday loan affect your credit report?

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If you don't pay the loan back, it could get turned over to a debt collector.

You could get sued if you don't pay the loan back.

Small credit reporting agencies might put your payday loan on a credit report.

All of the above

All of the above. The big three credit reporting agencies don't put payday loans on your report, but there are other ways that the loan activity could show up on your report.

A payday lender does not legally have to identify the fees charged to your payday loan.

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True

False

False. By law, a lender must spell out all fees to you in your contract.

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