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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 36-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Balasundaram?
(a) He is one of the major financial backers of the Indian Congress of Natal.
(b) An indentured servant who exposes Gandhi to the plight of indentured servants in South Africa.
(c) He works with Gandhi in opposition of the Franchise Bill.
(d) Gandhi's clerk.

2. Why does the Law Society in Natal challenge Gandhi's application for admission?
(a) Because his is not a citizen of South Africa,
(b) Because he is a troublemaker.
(c) Because of his skin color.
(d) Because of his previous outburst for refusing to remove his turban.

3. Which one of these dietary practices and treatments does Gandhi NOT try?
(a) He stops eating breakfast.
(b) He recommends a diet of fruit and nuts.
(c) He applies a mud poultice to his abdomen.
(d) He stops eating cooked foods.

4. Who is the Secretary of State in South Africa?
(a) Mr. Huffington.
(b) Viscount Yorkchester.
(c) The Duke of the Transvaal.
(d) Lord Ripon.

5. Why must Gandhi and his family wait before they can disembark from their ship in Durban?
(a) A physician orders a five-day quarantine to ensure no one has the plague.
(b) They are trying to find a place to live.
(c) Their papers are not in order.
(d) They arrived early and they are waiting for Abdullah Sheth to return to South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the education of the children NOT consist of at Tolstoy farm?

2. What does Gandhi promise his mother before he departs for England?

3. What trouble does Gandhi's older brother get into?

4. What ambition does Gandhi have for Kasturbai?

5. Why does Gandhi travel to the Transvaal during his third stay in South Africa?

(see the answer key)

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