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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The family volunteers its services.
(c) They close down their house in Johannesburg.
(d) They return to India.

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

3. What happens after Gandhi's suggestion for arbitration for workers' wages is rejected?
(a) He recommends they strike.
(b) Nothing happens.
(c) The workers revolt.
(d) He recommends they abandon the cause.

4. Why does Gandhi buy land in South Africa?
(a) To gradually buy more land to gain controlling interest of South Africa.
(b) To establish a settlement.
(c) To resettle the displaced Indians from Johannesburg.
(d) As an investment.

5. What happens after Gandhi leaves Bihar?
(a) There is still a rift between the tenants and planters.
(b) The standard of living for the community is improved.
(c) Most of his work is undone.
(d) The government imposes sanctions on the community.

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

7. Who travels with the Gandhi family after they leave South Africa during World War One?
(a) Mr. Polak.
(b) Sorabji.
(c) Gokhale.
(d) Kallenbach.

8. What does Gandhi tell the police commissioner in Ahmedabad?
(a) That martial law is not necessary.
(b) That he needs a police escort.
(c) That he will have the people oppose corruption in his department.
(d) That there needs to be more police present at his meeting.

9. What does Mr. Polak give to Gandhi before he boards the train to return to Durban?
(a) Some money.
(b) A book.
(c) Some food.
(d) A jacket.

10. What does the education of the children NOT consist of at Tolstoy farm?
(a) Literature.
(b) Spiritual training.
(c) Arithmetic.
(d) A trade.

11. What does Gandhi promise the governor after their meeting in Bombay?
(a) That he will continue working toward Indian independence.
(b) That Gandhi will assist him with a cabinet appointment.
(c) To keep the governor informed of any protest.
(d) To stay out of trouble.

12. What is the final government action in the Indian district in Johannesburg?
(a) There is an order for the district to be resettled by Boers.
(b) It becomes an independent district.
(c) It is emptied out and burned.
(d) It is rehabilitated.

13. Who does Gandhi qualify as an attorney to help out at the office?
(a) Mr. West.
(b) Maganlal Gandhi.
(c) Mr. Chamberlain.
(d) Mr. Polak.

14. What role does Gandhi take at Tolstoy Farm?
(a) As a spritual leader.
(b) As a dietary advisor.
(c) A nursing function.
(d) Educating children.

15. Why is Kallenbach unable to accompany Gandhi to India?
(a) He is too sick.
(b) He is unable to obtain a passport because of the war.
(c) He gets seasick easily.
(d) He is imprisoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What basis does Gandhi give for his refusal to follow doctor's orders?

2. Who does Gandhi send to Durban to take over the newspaper?

3. What plans does Gandhi have for the group from South Africa when they arrive in India?

4. Why is Gandhi unable to stay in Bihar after his work is completed?

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

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