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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Indians volunteer their services during the Boer War?
(a) As interpreters.
(b) As ambulance attendants.
(c) As cooks.
(d) As foot soldiers.

2. What happens when Gandhi lends money to a woman to open a vegetarian restaurant?
(a) She defaults on the loan.
(b) She dies and her son assumes the loan.
(c) She needs more money and asks for another loan.
(d) She repays Gandhi.

3. What trouble does Gandhi's older brother get into?
(a) He gives wrong advice to the Ranasaheb of Porbandar.
(b) He becomes an outcast from their caste.
(c) He embezzles some money.
(d) He insults a British Political Agent.

4. How are the Indian quarters in Johannesburg referred to?
(a) As the slave quarters.
(b) As the Banana Belt.
(c) As coolie locations.
(d) As Plague City.

5. Where do Gandhi and his family move for better ventilation?
(a) Goa.
(b) Kalyan.
(c) Santa Cruz.
(d) Baroda.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Gandhi's sons and nephew educated in South Africa?

2. What position do the South African newspapers take after Gandhi's interview?

3. What activities does Gandhi undertake to save money during his second trip to South Africa?

4. What offer does Gandhi receive after his brother's troubles?

5. Gandhi invites which group of people to live with his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gandhi's friend, Mavji Dave, advise him to do?

2. What did a member of the High Court tell Gandhi after his speech in Bombay?

3. Why is Gandhi asked to stay in Natal after he finishes his work on his case?

4. How did Gandhi become aware of the plight of indentured servants in South Africa?

5. What is the reaction from the whites when Gandhi returns to South Africa with his family?

6. What happens as a result of Gandhi missing the train in Allahabad?

7. What treatment does Gandhi encounter after he arrives in South Africa?

8. What happens when Gandhi tries his first case in India?

9. What happens when the government tries to move the Indians out of their quarters in Johannesburg?

10. Why does Gandhi stay in the Transvaal during his third stay in South Africa?

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