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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 4 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gandhi lose when he spoke to this group?
(a) His motivation.
(b) His shyness and inability to speak in public.
(c) His train of thought.
(d) His purpose.

2. The future of the 100,000 Indians in South Africa was in jeopardy. What does Gandhi decide to do?
(a) Fast.
(b) Go to India.
(c) Save them.
(d) Pray.

3. Gandhi was offered a position as a lawyer in _________ which he accepted.
(a) South America.
(b) India.
(c) Nepal.
(d) South Africa.

4. Why was it important that Gandhi was considered "colored?"
(a) He was in the minority.
(b) He was not allowed to ride on trains.
(c) He should not have been allowed to ride in first class.
(d) He was not of African descent.

5. Gandhi returned to India to bring his wife and two sons back with him to South Africa. When their steamer and another from India arrived in South Africa, both filled with new Indian immigrants, they were at first not allowed to disembark. Why?
(a) They were ill.
(b) The people felt Gandhi was encouraging more Indian immigration.
(c) They did not want to live in South Africa.
(d) They did not have the appropriate documentation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi felt that becoming a better person led to what?

2. Those who adore Gandhi feel that his death leaves ___________ of mankind without a spokesman.

3. What happened January 30, 1948?

4. Why did Gandhi's family not tell him of this tragic news?

5. Near the holy waters of Jumna, outside New Delhi, a million people wait in the oppressive heat for ___________ of the Mahatma, Mohandas K. Gandhi.

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