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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon her release from jail, Benazir was put on a plane back home to _______, Pakistan.
(a) Marrakesh.
(b) Karachi.
(c) Murree.
(d) Kashmir.

2. On July 7, 1977, Brigadier General _______ led the army to stage a coup against Benazir's father.
(a) Ali.
(b) Zia.
(c) Nusrat.
(d) Xia.

3. The separation of these two countries was known as the partition and Benazir's father, _______ was a representative of Pakistan for the United Nations at that time.
(a) Mir.
(b) Ali.
(c) Nusrat.
(d) Shah.

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

5. As a result of the political turmoil and danger to the family, Benazir's brothers were hiding in ________.
(a) India.
(b) Iran.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Afghanistan.

6. In 1977, Benazir was the first _______ or non-British person elected president of the Oxford Society to which she belonged.
(a) Muslim.
(b) Person under 40.
(c) Person of color.
(d) Woman.

7. Benazir's father served in all of the following minister roles at the United nations except _______.
(a) Defense.
(b) Commerce.
(c) Foreign.
(d) Energy.

8. In jail, Benazir turned _______ years old and hoped for a miracle every day.
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Forty-eight.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty-eight.

9. According to the book, Benazir used her education in _______ at Oxford and her father's legal advice to make a case against her detention.
(a) Biology.
(b) Politics.
(c) Law.
(d) Economics.

10. In 1988, at the young age of ________ Bhutto was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Twenty-eight.

11. 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) Disabilities.
(c) Attention problems.
(d) Age.

12. Benazir's father contacted the general who said that he would hold an election in ______ days and that Bhutto was under house arrest.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Ninety.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Seventy-five.

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

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

15. According to the book, the _______ of Pakistan is mainly an advisory position and is elected by provincial assemblies.
(a) Shah.
(b) Minister of agriculture.
(c) Prime minister.
(d) President.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, _________ is the capital of Pakistan and has been since 1959.

2. On March 7, 1981, the brigadier general arrested ______ and six thousand MRD supporters.

3. Benazir's mother was college educated in ________ and drove her own sports car.

4. Benazir's father's campaign to secure rights became ________ and emotional although he eventually won.

5. During the time of the coup, Benazir learned how to deal with ________ and correct rumors.

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