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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mother and Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Gandhi react to this British passenger?
(a) He refused to move.
(b) He did as he asked.
(c) He stood up in his seat.
(d) He laughed at him.

2. Easwaran opens his chapter describing the Way of Love by recounting what story?
(a) A transformative trip Gandhi took by boat.
(b) A transformative vacation Gandhi took to India.
(c) A transformative vacation Gandhi took to England.
(d) A transformative trip Gandhi took by train.

3. To whom was Gandhi deeply devoted?
(a) His family.
(b) His friends.
(c) His culture.
(d) His education.

4. From that moment, Easwaran's lifelong dedication to ______________ took on a new life as he strove to embody the principals of the Bhagavad Gita in the same way he had seen them made real in the person of Gandhi.
(a) His family.
(b) Love.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Peaceful living.

5. The idea was detachment from the result of one's actions, so that one's focus is on what?
(a) God.
(b) Others.
(c) The spirit of his actions.
(d) One's needs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gandhi's uncle suggest he do?

2. Gandhi acted out of compassion for both the British and the Indians for what reason?

3. When a man does everything in worship, Easwaran explains, everywhere he goes is what?

4. What does the author say about Gandhi as a boy?

5. Gandhi took this trip when he was in his ________________ year there in service to Dada Abdulla, and was riding in a first class compartment.

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