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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, administrators at Radcliffe worried about Benazir's _______ and the fact that she had led a sheltered life as an upper class Muslim.
(a) Age.
(b) Disabilities.
(c) Attention problems.
(d) Grades.

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

3. Benazir asked for legal help from _______ to defend her father against the death penalty.
(a) Ayub Khan.
(b) Victoria Galbraith.
(c) Victoria Schofield.
(d) Anne Fadiman.

4. Benazir studied diplomacy and _______ at Oxford in 1976 at the insistence of her father.
(a) International Politics.
(b) International Law.
(c) International Business.
(d) International Ethics.

5. According to the book, Benazir used her education in _______ at Oxford and her father's legal advice to make a case against her detention.
(a) Law.
(b) Politics.
(c) Economics.
(d) Biology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1988, at the young age of ________ Bhutto was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.

3. Benazir's intelligence and enthusiasm led her tutors to think that she might become an ambassador's assistant to the ________.

4. The Brigadier General _______ when it became clear that the people still strongly favored the former prime minister's party.

5. Benazir graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard after which her father suggested that she attend ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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?

4. 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".

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

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

7. Benazir practiced and developed her speaking skills while at Oxford. To what organization did she belong and what was the topic of her first speech?

8. 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?

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

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

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