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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a problem with the land Gandhi's group purchases for their new ashram?
(a) It is on an earthquake fault line.
(b) It is snake-infested.
(c) It is in a flood plain.
(d) The soil is contaminated.

2. Why does Gandhi have to return to India?
(a) He is a troublemaker and is asked to leave England.
(b) He develops pleurisy.
(c) He has to keep his promise to Kasturbai that they would spend only a year in England.
(d) His brother is sick.

3. What is the purpose of the All-India Congress Committee in Calcutta in 1920?
(a) To develp a list of demands for the British Empire.
(b) To discuss Hindu involvement with the Khilafat Movement.
(c) To organize themselves against the British Empire.
(d) To consider the non-cooperation policy against the British Empire.

4. What does Gandhi do during a strike in the mills?
(a) He fasts.
(b) He travels.
(c) He makes speeches.
(d) He marches in picket lines

5. What do Gandhi and his group do at Ahmedabad?
(a) They spend the night.
(b) They stage a protest.
(c) They meet with the governor.
(d) They establish the Satyagraha Ashram.

6. What is NOT a new dietary practice while Gandhi is in prison in 1908?
(a) To stop using salt.
(b) To finish dinner before sunset.
(c) To stop drinking tea.
(d) To not eat between meals.

7. Why does Gandhi and his group travel to Gurukul?
(a) To start another ashram.
(b) To be the guests of the Mahatma Munshiramji.
(c) To performs acts of service.
(d) To hold a public meeting

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

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

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

11. What committee is formed at the Congress at Amritsar?
(a) A committee to formulate a constitution.
(b) A committee to advocate for rights for the untouchables.
(c) A committee to advocate for tenants' rights.
(d) A committee to select Indian leadership.

12. What does the Gandhi family do after the offer for services of the Indian Ambulance Corps is accepted by the South African Government?
(a) They sell all of their possessions.
(b) They return to India.
(c) They close down their house in Johannesburg.
(d) The family volunteers its services.

13. To Gandhi, the only means for the realization of truth is ___?
(a) Ananda.
(b) Satyangraha.
(c) Brahmacharya.
(d) Ahimsa.

14. Why does Gandhi suggest a general hartal in April 6, 1919?
(a) To oppose the Rowlatt Bill.
(b) To oppose World War One.
(c) To oppose British rule.
(d) To oppose a tax on Indian manufactured goods.

15. What does Gandhi do after he arrives at Shantiniketan?
(a) He invites more people to live there.
(b) He starts holding public meetings.
(c) He fires the cooks.
(d) He sells the livestock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Khilafat question discussed at the conference in Delhi?

2. Where does Gandhi and his family sail to en route to India during World War One?

3. Who is the Ice Doctor?

4. What happens to the Indian community in Great Britain after Gandhi leaves?

5. What is different about the Kheda Satyagraha struggle than the other causes?

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