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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 select Indian leadership.
(d) A committee to advocate for tenants' rights.

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

3. How do children learn best in Gandhi's philosophy?
(a) By reading the works of spirtual leaders and philosophers.
(b) By following their role models.
(c) Through experience.
(d) By rote memory.

4. Who is the Ice Doctor?
(a) One of Gandhi's confidants.
(b) A governor of one of the Indian states.
(c) The doctor Gandhi permits to treat him at the ashram.
(d) A British agent.

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

6. What resolution is proposed in March 1916?
(a) A resolution to end the poll tax.
(b) A resolution to have India become an independent state.
(c) A resolution to establish the central provinces.
(d) A resolution to end the indentured servant system.

7. What movement does Gandhi become involved in at the World War One conference in Delhi?
(a) To stop the English indoctrination of Indian children.
(b) To stop the tithe on cashew farmers.
(c) To have the Ali brothers released from prison.
(d) To lower taxes on Indian-manufactured goods.

8. What does the doctor give Kasturbai for her ailments in Gandhi's absence?
(a) Milk
(b) Beef tea
(c) Penicillin
(d) Leeches

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

10. 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) Gandhi will lose too much weight.
(d) The South African government will listen to his advice.

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

12. Why does Gandhi travel to Kheda after the World War One Conference?
(a) To speak at a conference.
(b) To raise recruits.
(c) To start another settlement.
(d) To observe living conditions.

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

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

15. Where does Gandhi's group move their ashram after a plague outbreak?
(a) Ahnedabad.
(b) Haryana.
(c) Hyderabad.
(d) Bhavnager.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been Gandhi's ceaseless effort?

2. What does Gandhi do with the money of the people who live in the Indian district in Johannesburg?

3. What have Gandhi's experiments provided him with?

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

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

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