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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened in Amritsar?
(a) An unusual incident.
(b) A strange incident.
(c) A minor incident.
(d) The most tragic incident.

2. 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) Capture the Indians.
(d) Surrender to the massive crowd.

3. What happened when Gandhi tried to register?
(a) He was sent home.
(b) He was attacked and injured.
(c) He was not allowed to register.
(d) He was mocked and teased.

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

5. In January 1924, the Mahatma was rushed from prison to the hospital. Why?
(a) He had collapsed.
(b) He had acute appendicitis.
(c) He had had a heart attack.
(d) He was fasting to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gandhi had made "humility and truth more powerful than ______________."

2. What did the Indians do with the registrations they had filled out?

3. There was an assassination of who in Bengal?

4. Why is the eating of meat so shocking?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. By 1920, how did most British officials feel about Indians? How did this affect Gandhi?

2. How did Gandhi feel about his life in London?

3. What did Winston Churchill think of Gandhi? Why?

4. What was the first incident that changed Gandhi forever?

5. Describe politics involving Indians in the early 1900s. How did this affect Gandhi?

6. What happened when Gandhi went to Nepal?

7. Describe where Gandhi spent the next sixteen years of his life.

8. What is contained in Gandhi's first book, HIND SWARAJ or INDIAN HOME RULE?

9. How did Gandhi get the title of Mahatma?

10. How did "Unto This Last" change Gandhi's life forever?

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