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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gandhi do when he is informed that he will have to travel third class on the train to Pretoria?
(a) He finds a loophole in the train company regulations and purchases a first-class ticket.
(b) He becomes indignant and writes a letter to the editor to the newspaper in Pretoria.
(c) He files a civil suit in court.
(d) He bleaches his skin and claims he is a white man, then purchases a first class ticket.

2. What services does Gandhi perform at the Congress in Calcutta?
(a) Sanitary work
(b) Legal work
(c) Hospitality work
(d) Clerical work

3. What is Gandhi trying to persuade barristers to do while in Bombay?
(a) To represent the poor in court cases.
(b) To gain more power in Indian government and to have more influence.
(c) To find loopholes in the constitution to get India out from under British rule.
(d) To accompany him when he returns to South Africa.

4. What happens at the meeting between Gandhi and Dr. P.C. Ray?
(a) The meeting ends in a shouting match.
(b) The two men agree to work together to eradicate problems.
(c) They have obvious religious differences and the meeting ends.
(d) They schedule another meeting to further discuss common aims.

5. Which item is NOT a result of Gandhi's high school friend's influence?
(a) Gandhi enlisting in the British army.
(b) Creating a rift between Gandhi and Kasturbai.
(c) Gandhi eating meat against his parents' wishes.
(d) Gandhi visiting a brothel .

Short Answer Questions

1. In what field does Gandhi's father work?

2. What does Gandhi remind the Indian community in Durban after a plague outbreak?

3. How are Gandhi's sons and nephew educated in South Africa?

4. What is Gandhi told when he wants the Congress in Calcutta to pass his resolution?

5. What does Gandhi do after the Congress in Calcutta concludes?

(see the answer key)

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