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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 emerged during the meeting?
(a) Gandhi's enemies.
(b) Gandhi's leadership qualities.
(c) Gandhi's philosophies.
(d) Gandhi's friends.

2. Why did Gandhi's family not tell him of this tragic news?
(a) They knew he would be very upset.
(b) They were afraid to tell him.
(c) They did not know details of the event.
(d) They forgot to tell him.

3. As a child, what did Gandhi hide from his elders as much as possible?
(a) His devious and sneaky behavior.
(b) His rude and annoying remarks.
(c) His rebellious and independent streak.
(d) His shy and obedient personality.

4. 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 did not want to live in South Africa.
(b) The people felt Gandhi was encouraging more Indian immigration.
(c) They were ill.
(d) They did not have the appropriate documentation.

5. The incident on this train led to what?
(a) Gandhi's resolve to become a lawyer.
(b) Gandhi's resolve to fight color prejudice.
(c) Gandhi's decision to return to India.
(d) Gandhi's venture into politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it important that Gandhi was considered "colored?"

2. Through parental arrangement, Mohandas married his life-long wife Kasturbai. How old were they when they married?

3. Persecution stemmed from what?

4. In his youth, Mohandas privately rejected what although he returned to it later in life?

5. What did Gandhi lose when he spoke to this group?

(see the answer key)

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