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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benazir's father was angry when the Security Council _________ in response to his pleas.
(a) Ordered an attack on India.
(b) Ordered on attack on Iraq.
(c) Ordered economic sanctions on India and Pakistan.
(d) Made no response.

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

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

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

5. During Benazir's ________ year at college, her father held a free election and was elected prime minister.
(a) Senior.
(b) Sophomore.
(c) Junior.
(d) Freshman.

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

7. Benazir's parents would often leave her and her siblings in the city of ______ Pakistan with a bit of money to take care of their needs.
(a) Karachi.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Rawalpindi.
(d) Murree.

8. There was some concern after the election that Benazir and her father ______ were in physical danger.
(a) Nusrat.
(b) Shah.
(c) Mir.
(d) Ali.

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

10. The administrators at Radcliffe believed that ______ American society might be too shocking for Benazir.
(a) Affluent.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Destitute.

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

12. Benazir asked for legal help from _______ to defend her father against the death penalty.
(a) Victoria Schofield.
(b) Anne Fadiman.
(c) Victoria Galbraith.
(d) Ayub Khan.

13. During her time in jail, Benazir wrote in a _______ tracking her experiences. Her jailers hid the notes for safekeeping.
(a) Magazine.
(b) Journal.
(c) Diary.
(d) Koran.

14. 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) Muslims.
(c) People of color.
(d) Women.

15. Eventually the Brigadier General released the prime minister due to his popularity, however _______ expressed dangerous opinions about the general.
(a) Benazir.
(b) Shah.
(c) Nusrat.
(d) Sanam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As a condition of their house arrest, the Bhuttos could not do all of the following except ______.

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

4. Enemy jailers tried to convince Bhutto to _______, saying that people were deserting her cause.

5. The names of Benazir's siblings included all of the following except ______.

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