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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were Gandhi and one of his sons and many other Indians arrested?
(a) For boycotting.
(b) For protesting.
(c) For not wearing the appropriate clothing.
(d) For being non-registered coloreds.

2. Gandhi's philosophy was that for Indians to be treated fairly, they needed to do what?
(a) Become wealthy.
(b) Attack government officials.
(c) Improve themselves and discard any bad habits.
(d) Leave South Africa.

3. Did the government follow through with its agreement to make the registration voluntary?
(a) Yes.
(b) At first.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) No.

4. India saw much unrest in what year?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1928.

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

6. Although later touting full independence, Gandhi went through a stage when he saw India on a par with what countries?
(a) The Virgin Islands and British Isles.
(b) South Africa and Pakistan.
(c) Canada and Australia.
(d) The United States and Canada.

7. Persecution stemmed from what?
(a) Lack of self-worth by the persecuted.
(b) Lack of understanding by the majority.
(c) Lack of education of the persecuted.
(d) Lack of self-worth by the whites.

8. During his time abroad, Gandhi's thirst for what grew?
(a) Power.
(b) Religious knowledge.
(c) Equality.
(d) Peace.

9. Gandhi decided to live the simple life of what?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A monk.

10. He traveled to what city where he enrolled in a three-year course of study?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) London, England.
(c) Liverpool, England.
(d) Dublin, Ireland.

11. What did British officials order their soldiers to do at Amritsar?
(a) Force the Indians out of Amritsar.
(b) Fire on a massive crowd that had gathered.
(c) Surrender to the massive crowd.
(d) Capture the Indians.

12. For Gandhi, what was Bramacharya?
(a) Vegetarianism.
(b) The giving up of shelter.
(c) Celibacy.
(d) The giving up of marriage.

13. For what did Gandhi take blame?
(a) Organizing the hartal.
(b) Miscalculating the dangers of the hartal.
(c) Allowing the hartal to get out of hand.
(d) Leading the hartal.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gandhi returned to India, what did he learn?

2. 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?

3. Gandhi knew that prejudice could not be eradicated by what?

4. In May, what happened to Gandhi?

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

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