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

2. According to the book, all of the following countries except ________ border the nation of Pakistan.
(a) India.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Iran.

3. Benazir's father was angry when the Security Council _________ in response to his pleas.
(a) Ordered economic sanctions on India and Pakistan.
(b) Ordered an attack on India.
(c) Ordered on attack on Iraq.
(d) Made no response.

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

5. Benazir's father contacted the general who said that he would hold an election in ______ days and that Bhutto was under house arrest.
(a) Ninety.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her father's death, Benazir began to hold _______ meetings and she soon became the leader of the party.

2. According to the book, Benazir's father taught her ________, which became a major part of her education.

3. For a period of time Benazir ran the family _______, an unusual position for a woman. However she excelled at it and won the respect of the local men.

4. According to the book, Benazir used her education in _______ at Oxford and her father's legal advice to make a case against her detention.

5. When the two opposing political parties joined in an effort to defeat the brigadier general, they formed a third party known as _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide at least 2 of the countries the border Pakistan and describe the relationship Pakistan had with at least one of those countries.

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

3. Why did Benazir and her mother decide not go to the same MRD meetings together?

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

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. 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".

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

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

9. Benazir stated in the book that her mother's marriage to Ali Bhutto was "independent of Muslim tradition". Briefly describe Muslim tradition in terms of marriage.

10. 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?

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