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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Indians became the political football in the early 1900s when the Prime Minister promises to do what?
(a) Give them jobs.
(b) Drive the "coolies" out of the country.
(c) Give them equal rigths.
(d) Find them a place to live.

2. What did the Indians do with the registrations they had filled out?
(a) They threw them away.
(b) They tore them up.
(c) They turned them in.
(d) They burned them.

3. What happened in 1906?
(a) Ahimsa was tested.
(b) Swadeshi was tested.
(c) Satyagraha was tested.
(d) Duragraha was tested.

4. Gandhi knew that prejudice could not be eradicated by what?
(a) Average citizens.
(b) The whites.
(c) Him.
(d) Legislation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As a young boy, did Gandhi show proclivity towards school work?

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

3. Persecution stemmed from what?

4. In 1909, Gandhi got word to England about the treatment of the Indians in South Africa. He won the support of many of the ___________ of the country.

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

(see the answer key)

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