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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Gandhi feel about his young marriage?
(a) He found it embarrassing.
(b) He found it strange.
(c) He considered it to be exciting.
(d) He considered it to be wrong.

4. England was beginning to realize what?
(a) The importance to India of their independence.
(b) The importance to India of their equality.
(c) The importance of India as a colony.
(d) The importance of India as a common wealth.

5. In what did the boycott result?
(a) Violence.
(b) Peace.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Equality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi encouraged the Indians to do what around Transvaal, the city forbidden to unregistered Indians?

2. By 1920, most British officials looked at Indians as what?

3. When it was time to decide upon a career, Gandhi decided to become what?

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

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

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