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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. Kasturbai maintained a standard Gandhi could live up to and never doing what?
(a) Leaving his side.
(b) Retaliating when he behaved unfairly.
(c) Telling him when he acted unfairly.
(d) Believing he acted unfairly.

2. What endeavor is the source of Gandhi's joy and strength?
(a) Meditating on his mantra.
(b) Helping others.
(c) Translating the truths of the Bhagavad Gita into his daily life.
(d) Caring for his family.

3. His body was so light and strong that what happened?
(a) Gandhi walked for great distances.
(b) Gandhi walked at a fast pace.
(c) Gandhi lost many of his followers.
(d) Gandhi annoyed many who wanted to talk to him.

4. What did Gandhi say as he died?
(a) His mantra, "rama, rama, rama."
(b) He knows not what he does.
(c) I love all human kind.
(d) Good bye.

5. When Gandhi was asked to explain in three words the secret of his life, what did he say?
(a) Give to God.
(b) Renounce and enjoy.
(c) Love all others.
(d) Peace, love, happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Sevagram, people were so drawn to him, that what happened?

2. What types of people did Gandhi love?

3. On what does one who loves the Lord of Love focus?

4. His ashram family, however, the ones who came to be called his _____________________ were the ones who knew best the man Gandhi was in his daily life.

5. His daily chores were always done in the company of others, his meals were a time of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does detachment help Gandhi?

2. Besides detachment, what is another guiding principle from the Gita?

3. What are things that Gandhi does in the company of others?

4. What does Gandhi do on the day of his death?

5. What is one of Gandhi's most treasured meditations?

6. How does Easwaran closes this chapter?

7. How do most people see life?

8. What is the purpose of the final chapter?

9. How does Gandhi respond when he is asked the secret of life?

10. What role did Kasturbai play in Gandhi's personal transformation?

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