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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gandhi's autobiography end in 1921?
(a) Gandhi has other people writing about his life.
(b) Gandhi thought his life and his works were public from that time on.
(c) Gandhi is too busy to write.
(d) Gandhi is assassinated.

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

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

4. What promise does Gandhi make to Gokhale before Gokhale's death?
(a) To consume some milk.
(b) To travel around India for a year.
(c) To spend more time with his family.
(d) To make amends with Deshpande.

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

6. Who does Gandhi send to Durban to take over the newspaper?
(a) Mr. Coates.
(b) Mr. Polak.
(c) Mr. Banker.
(d) Mr. West.

7. What is the Kheda Satyagraha struggle?
(a) A rule that Indians could not produce salt.
(b) A boycott of British products.
(c) A dispute over the taxation of crops.
(d) A dispute over the rights of untouchables.

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

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

10. What does Gandhi do with the money of the people who live in the Indian district in Johannesburg?
(a) He uses it to finance the newspaper.
(b) He returns the money to the people.
(c) He uses it for public good.
(d) He cleanses it and deposits it in a bank.

11. Why is Gandhi unable to stay in Bihar after his work is completed?
(a) He receives offers from various places in need of his assistance.
(b) His son is ill.
(c) Because there was nothing left for him to do.
(d) He is in danger.

12. What is one of Gandhi's dietary practices at Tolstoy Farm?
(a) Macrobiotic.
(b) Fasting.
(c) Avoiding eating solid foods after noon.
(d) Eating raw foods.

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

14. What happens to the Indian community in Great Britain after Gandhi leaves?
(a) There is a split in the Indian corps over who they receive orders from.
(b) They begin fasting.
(c) The community solidifies.
(d) They present their own list of demands to the British government.

15. Why does Gandhi's group loose their funding?
(a) They lose sight of their mission.
(b) They are imprisoned.
(c) They are not achieving results.
(d) They let an untouchable family join their group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tinkathia system?

2. What movement does Gandhi become involved in at the World War One conference in Delhi?

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

4. What does Gandhi do after he arrives at Shantiniketan?

5. What practice does Gandhi not believe in when disciplining children?

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