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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prime Minister Bhutto had his wife and children return to their home in ________, Pakistan.
(a) Mohatarma.
(b) Islamabad.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Murree.

2. The prime minister was eventually put in jail by the army. His wife ________ ran a campaign to replace him as prime minister.
(a) Nusrat.
(b) Mohatarma.
(c) Mir.
(d) Sanam.

3. According to the book, Muslim men may have up to four wives. Benazir's mother was the ______ wife.
(a) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Third.
(d) First.

4. During Benazir's second round of education she pursued all of the following degrees except ________.
(a) Economics.
(b) Politics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Biology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. She felt that her new surroundings were less _______ than the United States and the accommodations were more modest.

2. According to the book there was a rumor that Prime Minister Bhutto was responsible for ________ that damaged crops.

3. During Benazir's ________ year at college, her father held a free election and was elected prime minister.

4. Benazir had to stop her political activism at one point due to a serious _______.

5. As a consequence for talking openly about the general, five men with _______ arrived to take the prime minister into custody again.

Short Essay Questions

1. During Benazir's junior year, her father was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. What is the difference between the role of the Prime Minister and the president?

2. List the three degrees that Benazir was working on at Oxford.

3. What traditional practices did Benazir hold on to even as she integrated somewhat into American society?

4. What event occurred that caused Benazir to take a break from her political activism?

5. After becoming more comfortable with her surroundings, Benazir became more outgoing. What are some of the activities she participated in while at Harvard?

6. What was strange about the final sentence that was carried out for Ali Bhutto?

7. Describe the advice that Ali Bhutto gave to Benazir concerning power politics.

8. In 1967, Ali Bhutto organized his own political party and was subsequently put in jail. What was the name and some of the goals of the party?

9. Name two of the three countries that made requests to repeal Ali's sentence and the name of Benazir's Oxford friend who helped in the case.

10. How did Benazir occupy her time as a political prisoner in the desert cell?

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