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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the situation like at Gandhi's house in Natal?
(a) The Indian Congress is using his home as their unofficial office.
(b) Gandhi has animals like chickens and goats inside his house.
(c) His home is sparsely furnished and decorated because he is very frugal.
(d) Servants are maligning each other in order to curry favor with Gandhi.

2. What does Gandhi do with the gifts showered on him for his second departure from South Africa?
(a) They are sold and the money is sent to India.
(b) They are kept at Abdulla Sheth's house for safekeeping until Gandhi returns.
(c) They are put in a public trust fund for the community.
(d) He keeps them.

3. What does Gandhi do after there is a plague outbreak in Bombay?
(a) He files a civil suit on behalf of the citizens of Bombay.
(b) He offers his services in sanitation.
(c) He tries to heal the afflicted with his home remedies.
(d) He volunteers to transport the deceased.

4. How does Gandhi spend his time in Bengal?
(a) Speaking at public meetings.
(b) Performing rituals.
(c) Making contacts and meeting people.
(d) Writing pamphlets.

5. What promise does Gandhi make when he returns to India the second time?
(a) That he will work for Indian independence.
(b) That he will recruit more volunteers to send to South Africa.
(c) That he will send them care packages from India.
(d) That he will return in a year if he is needed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gandhi support the British during the Boer War?

2. What is Gandhi trying to persuade barristers to do while in Bombay?

3. What do the stagecoach passengers tell the stagecoach staff, in regards to Gandhi, on the trip from Charlestown to Johannesburg?

4. Why does the Law Society in Natal challenge Gandhi's application for admission?

5. What does Gandhi read in England that later becomes daily reading for him?

(see the answer key)

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