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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Brigadier General _______ when it became clear that the people still strongly favored the former prime minister's party.
(a) Attempted to assasinate Benazir.
(b) Assumed control of the government.
(c) Killed protestors.
(d) Cancelled the election.

4. The Pakistani newspapers accused Mir and Shah of running a secret organization know as ________.
(a) Al-Karachi.
(b) Al-Qaeda.
(c) Al-Zulkifar.
(d) Al-Ziakir.

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

6. When the two opposing political parties joined in an effort to defeat the brigadier general, they formed a third party known as _______.
(a) MRD.
(b) POW.
(c) PNA.
(d) PPP.

7. She felt that her new surroundings were less _______ than the United States and the accommodations were more modest.
(a) Tense.
(b) Severe.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Terse.

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

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

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

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

12. Pakistan used to be a part of ______ until August 14th, 1947 when that country gained independence from Britain.
(a) Iraq.
(b) India.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Iran.

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

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

15. Although both Benazir and her father were taken by the general's men, the prime minister was _______ by a judge.
(a) Locked up.
(b) Set free.
(c) Sentenced to community service.
(d) Detained.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ was married to the UN minister through an arrangement and was Benazir's mother.

2. Benazir took part in demonstrations against the war in Vietnam and was also attracted to the _______ movement in the United States.

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

4. During Benazir's second round of education she pursued all of the following degrees except ________.

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

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