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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 cleanses it and deposits it in a bank.
(c) He uses it for public good.
(d) He uses it to finance the newspaper.

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

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

5. What is Gandhi advised to do to help recover from pleurisy?
(a) To exercise.
(b) To drink milk.
(c) To take vitamins.
(d) To return to India.

6. What does Gandhi have Kasturbai omit from her diet?
(a) Spices.
(b) Milk.
(c) Salt.
(d) Tea.

7. Who requests Gandhi's assistance in opposing the tinkathia system?
(a) Balendu Chandran.
(b) Rajkumar Shukla.
(c) Sahastrajit Dhatri.
(d) Madhav Shrivastava.

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

9. Who does Gandhi encourage to get married?
(a) One of his clerks.
(b) Adamji Miyakham.
(c) Maganlal Gandhi.
(d) Mr. Polak.

10. What did the swami ask Gandhi at Gurukul?
(a) Why he does not join the religious order.
(b) Why his diet is so extreme.
(c) Why he does not wear the sacred threads.
(d) If he reads the Gita.

11. The quest for truth has drawn Gandhi to what field?
(a) Sanitation.
(b) Law.
(c) Politics.
(d) Agriculture.

12. What cause does Gandhi take on in India after his ten-year absence?
(a) The poll tax.
(b) Indian independence.
(c) The Viramgam customs.
(d) Rationing rice.

13. What basis does Gandhi give for his refusal to follow doctor's orders?
(a) For health reasons.
(b) For religious reasons.
(c) Because people are not doing what he wants them to do.
(d) For political reasons.

14. What may happen as a result of Gandhi's fasting in South Africa?
(a) He may lose the use of his legs.
(b) More people will follow Gandhi's practices.
(c) The South African government will listen to his advice.
(d) Gandhi will lose too much weight.

15. What is the message in the letter Gandhi receives from the government of Bihar?
(a) That his group should keep a lower profile.
(b) That he end his inquiry and leave Bihar.
(c) That the government is in full support of his efforts.
(d) That his family would be in danger if he continues his actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who travels with the Gandhi family after they leave South Africa during World War One?

2. How does Gandhi resolve the dilemma with the Servants of India Society?

3. What suggestion does Gandhi make to the Indian community during World War One?

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

5. At this point in Gandhi's life, his experiments with truth are made through...?

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