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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Benazir was placed in a private ______ school in which she learned several languages including English.
(a) Muslim.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Christian.
(d) Sikh.

3. The Brigadier General threatened to punish people by law for breaking ______ religious rules.
(a) Christian.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Islamic.

4. The ________ is like the American House of Representatives and can pass laws and budgets.
(a) General Assembly.
(b) Senate.
(c) State Assembly.
(d) National Assembly.

5. According to the book, administrators at Radcliffe worried about Benazir's _______ and the fact that she had led a sheltered life as an upper class Muslim.
(a) Grades.
(b) Attention problems.
(c) Disabilities.
(d) Age.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the meeting at the United Nations, Benazir's father asked her to meet him in ________ and watch Security Council disputes.

2. Partially as a result of the interventions orchestrated by her father, Benazir was accepted to Radcliffe in _______.

3. According to the book, Benazir Bhutto would be placed in charge of her ______ younger siblings

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What position did Benazir win in the speaking organization that she belonged to at Oxford? Why was it significant?

2. Name two of the three countries that made requests to repeal Ali's sentence and the name of Benazir's Oxford friend who helped in the case.

3. What was the result of Ali Bhutto's trip to the Untied Nations during the war in 1965?

4. After completing three years at Oxford with her degrees, Benazir's father insisted she go for more study. How many years of additional study did Benazir complete and which topics did she study?

5. Provide at least 2 of the countries the border Pakistan and describe the relationship Pakistan had with at least one of those countries.

6. How did Benazir occupy her time as a political prisoner in the desert cell?

7. During her Junior year at Harvard, Benazir was able to see a meeting with the Prime Minister of India. What was the name of the prime minister and what was the topic of the meeting?

8. Benazir practiced and developed her speaking skills while at Oxford. To what organization did she belong and what was the topic of her first speech?

9. List the three degrees that Benazir was working on at Oxford.

10. What was Benazir's father found guilty of and what was his sentence?

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