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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benazir decided to travel to the city where crops were damaged accompanied by her _______.
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mother.
(d) Brother.

2. After her father's death, Benazir began to hold _______ meetings and she soon became the leader of the party.
(a) RD.
(b) PPP.
(c) SFRC.
(d) PRP.

3. Benazir originally struggled with the dirty appearance of Americans, but eventually began to wear ______ and sweatshirts.
(a) Skirts.
(b) Blue jeans.
(c) Slacks.
(d) Shorts.

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

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

6. The meeting of the two prime ministers happened in 1972 and was focused on who should own ________.
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Kashmir.
(c) Murree.
(d) Karachi.

7. Shortly after her election as president of the society, Benazir's father told her that he would be working on equal rights for _______ in the foreign and civil service.
(a) Middle age people.
(b) People of color.
(c) Women.
(d) Muslims.

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

9. As a consequence for talking openly about the general, five men with _______ arrived to take the prime minister into custody again.
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Swords.
(c) Pistols.
(d) Knives.

10. According to the book, all of the following countries except ________ border the nation of Pakistan.
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) India.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Iran.

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

12. On March 7, 1981, the brigadier general arrested ______ and six thousand MRD supporters.
(a) Benazir.
(b) Nusrat.
(c) Mir.
(d) Shah.

13. The Brigadier General eventually moved Benazir and her mother to _______ in 1980 and kept them under house arrest.
(a) Larkana.
(b) Islamabad.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Murree.

14. In the fall of 1973, Benazir arrived at her new school in _______, and she struggled the first few months.
(a) England.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) India.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once she arrived at Harvard, Benazir decided to major in _________, pleasing her father in the process.

2. 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.

3. Upon her release from jail, Benazir was put on a plane back home to _______, Pakistan.

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

5. According to the book, Benazir's father taught her ________, which became a major part of her education.

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