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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bhutto's marriage bypassed several Muslim customs including ________.
(a) Keeping her father's name.
(b) Taking her mother's name.
(c) Taking the husband's name.
(d) Keeping her mother's name.

2. At the end of May, 1988, Zia dissolved ________ and called for free elections in ninety days.
(a) The Senate.
(b) Parliament.
(c) The Reichstag.
(d) Congress.

3. Once Bhutto won the election, she and her family moved to ______.
(a) Kashmir.
(b) Karachi.
(c) Islamabad.
(d) Bakhataway.

4. On December 11, 1981, Benazir was again taken to a different location this time the city of ________.
(a) Karachi.
(b) Larkana.
(c) Murree.
(d) Islamabad,

5. The book was written ______ months after Benazir's election as prime minister.
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 15 .

6. Bhutto made an agreement with _______ to build a nuclear power plant.
(a) Iran.
(b) China.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) India.

7. Bhutto also had to deal with a national illiteracy rate of _______ made more problematic by Muslim men and religious leaders' opposition to education for women.
(a) 40%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 74%.
(d) 65%.

8. Benazir flew into the town of ______ when she finally arrived back in Pakistan to challenge Zia.
(a) Islamanbad.
(b) Larkana.
(c) Lahore.
(d) Karachi.

9. According to the book only _______ percent of Pakistanis voted during the referendum, partially as a result of Benazir's efforts.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Ten.

10. Due to tensions that arose after the death of Shah, Mir and his wife _______ separated.
(a) Sanam.
(b) Rehana.
(c) Fauzia.
(d) Sassi.

11. After Benazir's mother left for treatment, Benazir was placed under house arrest in _______ for another 14 months.
(a) Karachi.
(b) Larkana.
(c) Murree.
(d) Islamabad.

12. Bhutto declined to act in revenge towards the current leadership in Pakistan and the crowd shouted _______.
(a) Zia must die.
(b) Zia must be banished.
(c) Zia must go.
(d) Zia must hang.

13. Benazir rented a small apartment in London that then became the headquarters for the ______.
(a) NPA.
(b) POW.
(c) PPP.
(d) MRD.

14. _______ put pressure on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee until they received information on the actual conditions of the prisoners from Pakistan's foreign minister.
(a) Bhutto.
(b) Reagan.
(c) Rehana.
(d) Galbraith.

15. Zia used his influence to enforce extreme tenets of _______ to support his policies.
(a) Christianity.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Sikh.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a vacation to France, Benazir was reunited with her brother Shah and met his daughter _______.

2. During Ronald Reagan's presidency, the United States began to send money to Pakistan to prevent _______ forces from getting to the border.

3. In order to combat the drug problem, Bhutto encouraged farmers of ______ to grow new crops.

4. According to the book, Benazir's mother seemed to have ________ or lung cancer and Benazir was eventually allowed to visit her briefly.

5. _______ visited Pakistan in 1982, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee challenged him with reports of abuse of political prisoners.

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