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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benazir's father held elections in ________ instead of August so that he could get to work on his campaign to secure rights in the foreign and civil service.
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) November.
(d) December.

2. 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) Age.
(b) Attention problems.
(c) Disabilities.
(d) Grades.

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.
(a) Economics.
(b) Law.
(c) Biology.
(d) Politics.

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

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

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

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

9. According to the book there was a rumor that Prime Minister Bhutto was responsible for ________ that damaged crops.
(a) Summer earthquakes.
(b) Summer droughts.
(c) Summer rains.
(d) Summer winds.

10. Enemy jailers tried to convince Bhutto to _______, saying that people were deserting her cause.
(a) Keep eating.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Throw away the diary.
(d) Admit to sedition.

11. 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) Muslims.
(b) Women.
(c) People of color.
(d) Middle age people.

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

13. Benazir acclimatized quickly to her surroundings and began to join several organizations including ________.
(a) Harvard Assembly.
(b) Harvard Crimson.
(c) Harvard Intellectuals.
(d) Harvard Rowers.

14. According to the book, Benazir Bhutto would be placed in charge of her ______ younger siblings
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1988, at the young age of ________ Bhutto was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.

2. There was some concern after the election that Benazir and her father ______ were in physical danger.

3. As a result of the political turmoil and danger to the family, Benazir's brothers were hiding in ________.

4. According to the book, Muslim men may have up to four wives. Benazir's mother was the ______ wife.

5. The Pakistani newspapers accused Mir and Shah of running a secret organization know as ________.

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