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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. What does Gandhi read in England that later becomes daily reading for him?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Gita.
(c) The Patanjali Sutras.
(d) The London Times.

2. What newspaper does Gandhi's group launch?
(a) The Gandhi Gazette.
(b) The Durban Indian Times.
(c) The Hindustani Weekly Chronicle.
(d) The Indian Opinion.

3. What ambition does Gandhi have for Kasturbai?
(a) To become a powerful leader.
(b) To be educated.
(c) To stay at home and care for children.
(d) To nurse and care for others.

4. Why is Gandhi called back to Durban?
(a) For the opening session of parliament.
(b) Employers are retaliating against indentured servants.
(c) There is rioting in the streets.
(d) The Indian Congress is falling apart without his presence.

5. What does Gandhi do when he is informed that he will have to travel third class on the train to Pretoria?
(a) He becomes indignant and writes a letter to the editor to the newspaper in Pretoria.
(b) He files a civil suit in court.
(c) He bleaches his skin and claims he is a white man, then purchases a first class ticket.
(d) He finds a loophole in the train company regulations and purchases a first-class ticket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gandhi do with the gifts showered on him for his second departure from South Africa?

2. Who suggests that Gandhi study law in England?

3. How does Gandhi assist his brother-in-law after he takes him from Bombay to Rajkot?

4. What promise does Gandhi make when he returns to India the second time?

5. What complicates the government's efforts when they try to move Indians out of their district in Johannesburg?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Gandhi encounter while traveling to Pretoria during the war?

2. What does Gandhi do after the Congress in Calcutta concludes?

3. What happens when Gandhi and his brother travel to Bombay so Gandhi can sail to England?

4. What is the nature of the two bills that are introduced in the legislature in South Africa after Gandhi's return? Are they ultimately passed?

5. How does Gandhi's group serve the British during the Boer War?

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

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

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

9. What action does Gandhi and his group take against the Asiatic Department in Johannesburg?

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

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