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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Prime Minister Bhutto had his wife and children return to their home in ________, Pakistan.
(a) Islamabad.
(b) Mohatarma.
(c) Murree.
(d) Karachi.

3. Benazir's father served Pakistan at the United Nations for ______ years, which often meant he did not see his daughter.
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

4. Despite the coup, Prime Minister Bhutto and the ______ remained popular to the general public.
(a) PRP.
(b) APP.
(c) PPP.
(d) PPR.

5. 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) Talk on the phone.
(d) Go outside.

6. Benazir Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a ________ nation in all of history.
(a) Jewish.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Sikh.
(d) Christian.

7. During Benazir's second round of education she pursued all of the following degrees except ________.
(a) Economics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Politics.
(d) Philosophy.

8. According to the book, Benazir joined the _______ which helped her to practice her speaking skills.
(a) Oxford Speaking Society.
(b) Oxford Speech Society.
(c) Oxford Union Debating Society.
(d) Oxford Debating Society.

9. According to the book, Benazir's mother refused to wear the Islamic _______, a veil that covers up women's faces.
(a) Burqa.
(b) Turban.
(c) Robe.
(d) Dashiki.

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

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

12. The book suggests that watching her siblings helped Benazir to develop skills necessary for _______.
(a) Managing money.
(b) Leading people.
(c) Giving orders.
(d) Religious leadership.

13. According to the book, East Pakistan would eventually become an independent country called ________.
(a) Sri Lanka.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Bangladesh.
(d) Iran.

14. Benazir befriended several of the girls who were near her room including ________, who helped her to learn how to answer the telephone.
(a) Anne Galbraith.
(b) Anne Lamott.
(c) Julie Fadiman.
(d) Anne Fadiman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. She felt that her new surroundings were less _______ than the United States and the accommodations were more modest.

2. Benazir's father called the great economist ________ who was an economics professor at Harvard, and asked him to intervene.

3. According to the book, the assembly has 237 members that serve _______ year terms.

4. According to the book, Benazir used her education in _______ at Oxford and her father's legal advice to make a case against her detention.

5. According to the book there was a rumor that Prime Minister Bhutto was responsible for ________ that damaged crops.

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