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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the things Gandhi's group does when living at the rented house in Motihari?
(a) They conduct programs for the spiritual development of children.
(b) Gandhi presents grievances from the peasants to the Planters' Association.
(c) They begin a campaign of cleanliness and sanitation.
(d) They open schools for children in nearby villages.

2. Why does Gandhi's autobiography end in 1921?
(a) Gandhi is too busy to write.
(b) Gandhi is assassinated.
(c) Gandhi has other people writing about his life.
(d) Gandhi thought his life and his works were public from that time on.

3. What happens to the Indian community in Great Britain after Gandhi leaves?
(a) There is a split in the Indian corps over who they receive orders from.
(b) They present their own list of demands to the British government.
(c) The community solidifies.
(d) They begin fasting.

4. What happens at the All-India Congress Committee in 1920?
(a) They form a solidarity with oppressed countries.
(b) Gandhi's proposed constitution is passed.
(c) They demand fiscal responsibility.
(d) They are unable to reach an agreement and disband.

5. Why does Gandhi offer the services of the Indian Ambulance Corps the second time?
(a) The Zulu rebellion in Natal.
(b) A revolt by Afrikaaner Nationalists.
(c) The Second Boer War.
(d) The Battle of Blood River.

6. What type of doctor does Gandhi call in to assist with his recovery from pleurisy?
(a) An expert in treating pleurisy.
(b) An ayurvedic doctor.
(c) A vegetarian doctor.
(d) A witch doctor.

7. What does Gandhi do with the money of the people who live in the Indian district in Johannesburg?
(a) He returns the money to the people.
(b) He uses it for public good.
(c) He uses it to finance the newspaper.
(d) He cleanses it and deposits it in a bank.

8. Who offers reforms at the Congress at Amritsar?
(a) Gandhi.
(b) The king.
(c) The Ali brothers.
(d) The viceroy.

9. What happens after Gandhi leaves Bihar?
(a) The standard of living for the community is improved.
(b) The government imposes sanctions on the community.
(c) There is still a rift between the tenants and planters.
(d) Most of his work is undone.

10. Who coins the name for the passive resistance movement?
(a) Mr. Polak.
(b) Maganlal Gandhi.
(c) Kasturbai.
(d) Mahatma Gandhi.

11. How does the Kheda Satyagraha struggle end?
(a) Indians are allowed to produce salt.
(b) The tax on Indian-produced products is lowered.
(c) The government sends notice that if the wealthy pay their dues, then the poor do not have to.
(d) The untouchables gain more rights.

12. What is an unintended consequence of the hartal in 1919?
(a) Not many people participate.
(b) Russia supports Gandhi's efforts.
(c) The police open fire on demonstrations in several cities.
(d) Gandhi contracts another illness.

13. Why is Kallenbach unable to accompany Gandhi to India?
(a) He is unable to obtain a passport because of the war.
(b) He gets seasick easily.
(c) He is too sick.
(d) He is imprisoned.

14. What is the name Gandhi's group coins for their passive resistance movement?
(a) Satyagraha.
(b) Ananda.
(c) Jelebi.
(d) Brahmacharya.

15. At this point in Gandhi's life, his experiments with truth are made through...?
(a) Non-cooperation.
(b) The congress.
(c) His public work.
(d) Fasting.

Short Answer Questions

1. The quest for truth has drawn Gandhi to what field?

2. What does Gandhi observe while traveling to Rangoon with his son, Ramdas?

3. What resolution is proposed in March 1916?

4. Why does Gandhi suggest a general hartal in April 6, 1919?

5. What happens after Gandhi's suggestion for arbitration for workers' wages is rejected?

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