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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gandhi secretly ate meat for what reason?
(a) He likes the taste of it.
(b) He is rebellious.
(c) To gain size.
(d) To fit in.

2. Gandhi received the title of Mahatma from whom?
(a) The Prime Minister of England.
(b) His sons.
(c) Kasturbai.
(d) Rabindranath Tagore.

3. To achieve success in South Africa, Gandhi's most effective tool was a unique creation of his own called what?
(a) Ahimsa.
(b) Swadeshi.
(c) Duragraha.
(d) Satyagraha.

4. What did Gandhi tell his people to do when the government announced that all Indians must register?
(a) To resist and pledge defiance.
(b) To flee the country.
(c) To riot.
(d) To register.

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

6. Who took Gandhi's place and led a march to the salt works some 150 miles away?
(a) His son Ramdas.
(b) His son Harilal.
(c) His son Devdas.
(d) His son Manilal.

7. Why is the eating of meat so shocking?
(a) It is taboo in the Hindu religion.
(b) Hindus do not like the taste of meat.
(c) Meat is not available in India.
(d) Mohandas is allergic to meat.

8. By 1920, most British officials looked at Indians as what?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Strange.
(c) Dumb.
(d) An inferior people.

9. What did Gandhi lose when he spoke to this group?
(a) His shyness and inability to speak in public.
(b) His purpose.
(c) His train of thought.
(d) His motivation.

10. 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 did not want to live in South Africa.
(c) They did not have the appropriate documentation.
(d) They were ill.

11. Gandhi told the masses not to wear what?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Indian clothing.
(c) Western clothing.
(d) Hats.

12. It took them 24 days to walk how many miles?
(a) 241.
(b) 124
(c) 412.
(d) 142.

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

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

15. Gandhi encouraged the Indians to observe what?
(a) Lent.
(b) A moment of silence.
(c) Prayer time.
(d) A hartal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful was Gandhi at learning English?

2. In May, what happened to Gandhi?

3. What happened in 1906?

4. Indians became the political football in the early 1900s when the Prime Minister promises to do what?

5. Gandhi called for what non-violent non-cooperation?

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