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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, Politics in Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benazir's father was angry when the Security Council _________ in response to his pleas.
(a) Made no response.
(b) Ordered economic sanctions on India and Pakistan.
(c) Ordered an attack on India.
(d) Ordered on attack on Iraq.

2. Leaders in _______ pressured Zia to hold a general election and he scheduled them for March of 1985.
(a) Britain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) The United States.

3. Benazir also spoke to the _______ Endowment for International peace in 1984 as part of her campaign.
(a) Mellon.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Carnegie.
(d) Rockerfeller.

4. Leaving Pakistan was difficult for Benazir, so her ______ came to be with her in America and help her settle in.
(a) Sister.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

5. In her junior year at Harvard, Benazir was able to see a meeting between her father and prime minister _______ of India.
(a) Mohandas Gandhi.
(b) Ali Bhutto.
(c) Indira Gandhi.
(d) Imam Shah.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ________ is like the American House of Representatives and can pass laws and budgets.

2. Despite the coup, Prime Minister Bhutto and the ______ remained popular to the general public.

3. In response to Benazir's actions to organize Pakistanis, the Brigadier General killed some prisoners, causing Benazir to appeal to _____ the assistant secretary of state for human rights.

4. Nusrat decided that the Brigadier General could only be beaten if the PPP joined with ______ an opposing political party.

5. The prime minister was eventually put in jail by the army. His wife ________ ran a campaign to replace him as prime minister.

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