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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The prime minister was eventually put in jail by the army. His wife ________ ran a campaign to replace him as prime minister.
(a) Nusrat.
(b) Mohatarma.
(c) Mir.
(d) Sanam.

2. According to the book, Muslim men may have up to four wives. Benazir's mother was the ______ wife.
(a) Third.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

3. According to the book, Benazir's father taught her ________, which became a major part of her education.
(a) Economics.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) History.
(d) Psychology.

4. According to the book, Benazir Bhutto would be placed in charge of her ______ younger siblings
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. Pakistan used to be a part of ______ until August 14th, 1947 when that country gained independence from Britain.
(a) Iraq.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) India.
(d) Iran.

6. As a condition of their house arrest, the Bhuttos could not do all of the following except ______.
(a) Have visitors.
(b) Be mentioned in the newspapers.
(c) Go outside.
(d) Talk on the phone.

7. Although both Benazir and her father were taken by the general's men, the prime minister was _______ by a judge.
(a) Locked up.
(b) Set free.
(c) Detained.
(d) Sentenced to community service.

8. When the two opposing political parties joined in an effort to defeat the brigadier general, they formed a third party known as _______.
(a) PNA.
(b) POW.
(c) PPP.
(d) MRD.

9. Benazir graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard after which her father suggested that she attend ________.
(a) Stanford.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Yale.

10. Benazir had to stop her political activism at one point due to a serious _______.
(a) Eye infection.
(b) Ear infection.
(c) Operation.
(d) Heart attack.

11. Benazir's intelligence and enthusiasm led her tutors to think that she might become an ambassador's assistant to the ________.
(a) League of Nations.
(b) United Nations.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) President.

12. The Brigadier General _______ when it became clear that the people still strongly favored the former prime minister's party.
(a) Attempted to assasinate Benazir.
(b) Cancelled the election.
(c) Killed protestors.
(d) Assumed control of the government.

13. Benazir's father called the great economist ________ who was an economics professor at Harvard, and asked him to intervene.
(a) John Adams Galbraith.
(b) Peter Galbraith.
(c) John Kenneth Galbraith.
(d) Anne Fadiman.

14. The winter of his election, Benazir's father flew to the United Nations to challenge ________ military attack against Pakistan.
(a) India's.
(b) Iraq's.
(c) Iran's.
(d) Afghanistan's.

15. She felt that her new surroundings were less _______ than the United States and the accommodations were more modest.
(a) Tense.
(b) Terse.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Severe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fall of 1973, Benazir arrived at her new school in _______, and she struggled the first few months.

2. After her father's death, Benazir began to hold _______ meetings and she soon became the leader of the party.

3. In 1973 Benazir was able to see a meeting in the United States between her father and ________, who was then Secretary of State.

4. Benazir decided to travel to the city where crops were damaged accompanied by her _______.

5. According to the book, Benazir joined the _______ which helped her to practice her speaking skills.

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