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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. According to the book, the _______ of Pakistan is mainly an advisory position and is elected by provincial assemblies.
(a) Prime minister.
(b) President.
(c) Shah.
(d) Minister of agriculture.

2. The book states that Benazir delivered her first speech in the society on the need to impeach _______.
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Indira Ghandi.

3. Nusrat decided that the Brigadier General could only be beaten if the PPP joined with ______ an opposing political party.
(a) MRD.
(b) POA.
(c) PNA.
(d) POW.

4. In her junior year at Harvard, Benazir was able to see a meeting between her father and prime minister _______ of India.
(a) Mohandas Gandhi.
(b) Ali Bhutto.
(c) Indira Gandhi.
(d) Imam Shah.

5. Benazir graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard after which her father suggested that she attend ________.
(a) Cornell.
(b) Yale.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. Benazir's real name was ________. She was called Benazir by her father which meant "without equal".

2. In the fall of 1973, Benazir arrived at her new school in _______, and she struggled the first few months.

3. Benazir was eventually released by the jail _______, however she was unable to see her mother.

4. Benazir befriended several of the girls who were near her room including ________, who helped her to learn how to answer the telephone.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. East Pakistan became a new country shortly after Ali Bhutto's trip to the UN. What is the name of the new country and what were the circumstances which led to it being a new country?

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

3. What did the Pakistani newspapers accuse Benazir's brothers of?

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

5. 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?

6. List and describe the languages that Benazir was required to learn as part of her education.

7. Ali Bhutto had long been a representative of Pakistan and was present for the beginning of the partition. Describe what is meant in the book by the "Partition".

8. Benazir made a public relations trip on the behest of her father. Where did she go, who did she travel with, and what was the purpose?

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. 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?

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