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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. Benazir's intelligence and enthusiasm led her tutors to think that she might become an ambassador's assistant to the ________.
(a) President.
(b) United Nations.
(c) League of Nations.
(d) Secretary of State.

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

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

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) Knives.
(c) Swords.
(d) Machine guns.

5. Benazir's father called the great economist ________ who was an economics professor at Harvard, and asked him to intervene.
(a) Peter Galbraith.
(b) Anne Fadiman.
(c) John Kenneth Galbraith.
(d) John Adams Galbraith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the book, Benazir's mother refused to wear the Islamic _______, a veil that covers up women's faces.

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. Enemy jailers tried to convince Bhutto to _______, saying that people were deserting her cause.

5. The administrators at Radcliffe believed that ______ American society might be too shocking for Benazir.

Short Essay Questions

1. Benazir was eventually accepted to Harvard although the administrators were worried about her. What family was responsible for helping Benazir and how did they help?

2. What was one of the ways that General Zia limited the freedom of the press in an effort to draw attention away from the Bhuttos?

3. During her Junior year at Harvard, Benazir was able to see a meeting with the Prime Minister of India. What was the name of the prime minister and what was the topic of the meeting?

4. What was Benazir's father found guilty of and what was his sentence?

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. After Benazir completed her studies at Oxford she returned home and got a job. Who did she receive a job from and what did she do?

7. 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?

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

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

10. According to the book, Nusrat followed a traditional step for political families in Asia after Ali's arrest. What was it?

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