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

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

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

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

5. On the surface, how was Mohandas as a child?
(a) Devious and sneaky.
(b) Shy and obedient.
(c) Rebellious and independent.
(d) Rude and annoying.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happened when Gandhi tried to register?

4. What did Gandhi learn from the incident involving his brother, Laxmidas?

5. Gandhi's philosophy was that for Indians to be treated fairly, they needed to do what?

(see the answer key)

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