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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to combat the drug problem, Bhutto encouraged farmers of ______ to grow new crops.
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Hemp.
(c) Poppy seeds.
(d) Cocaine.

2. 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) 65%.
(c) 74%.
(d) 35%.

3. During the celebration, _______ arrived and used tear gas against the crowd.
(a) The guerrillas.
(b) The police.
(c) The communists.
(d) The military.

4. Bhutto's sister _______ suggested that Zia did this because Bhutto's first child would be due and he expected her not to campaign.
(a) Nusrat.
(b) Sanam.
(c) Asif.
(d) Bilawal.

5. Leaders in _______ pressured Zia to hold a general election and he scheduled them for March of 1985.
(a) Britain.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

6. In the summer of 1987 Bhutto announced her plans to _______ and Zia subsequently held elections early.
(a) Run for the presidency.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Marry.
(d) Join the army.

7. Bhutto was also opposed by ______, the president, who had ties to the former military regime.
(a) Ghulam Ishaq Khan.
(b) Nawaz Sharif.
(c) General Zia.
(d) Asif Zardari.

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

9. The _______ helped Benazir plan her trip back home, despite threats from fellow Pakistanis.
(a) MIP.
(b) NPA.
(c) MRD.
(d) PPP.

10. For Bhutto, Pakistan was a land of great promise and reached out its _______ in hope.
(a) Hands.
(b) Heart.
(c) Feet.
(d) Arms.

11. _______ won the general election in March although it was a low turnout.
(a) Rehana.
(b) Shah.
(c) Bhutto.
(d) Zia.

12. Benazir wrote to the ________ while she was under house arrest in Karachi to encourage them to continue resisting the military.
(a) NPA.
(b) MRD.
(c) PPP.
(d) SFRC.

13. In order to stay away from her enemies, Bhutto made _______ separate plans for every trip that she made.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

14. According to the book, Bhutto planned to celebrate Pakistan's _________ on August 14th, 1986.
(a) Rejection of Democracy.
(b) Entrance to the United Nations.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Rejection of Islam.

15. Bhutto was the first woman to lead a Muslim nation and one of the youngest heads of state in the world at the age of ________.
(a) Forty-five.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zia also passed strict laws declaring ________ or Islamic law, the supreme law of the land.

2. Bhutto declined to act in revenge towards the current leadership in Pakistan and the crowd shouted _______.

3. _______ put pressure on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee until they received information on the actual conditions of the prisoners from Pakistan's foreign minister.

4. _______ had been lifted by Zia in Pakistan, but Benazir did not trust him and continued to work for the restoration of democracy.

5. As Bhutto spoke at the monument that her father built, the crowd tripled in size. She promised to make every sacrifice to protect _______.

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