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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What complicates the government's efforts when they try to move Indians out of their district in Johannesburg?
(a) There will be a labor supply shortage.
(b) There is no place to relocate the Indians.
(c) The Indians have 99-year tenancy rights on their leases.
(d) It is illegal to evict the tenants under the government premises.

2. What is Gandhi advised to do by a member of the High Court?
(a) To recruit others to spread his message about the conditions in South Africa.
(b) To stay in India to help with self government.
(c) To take a position on the court.
(d) To support the British monarchy.

3. Who is the Secretary of State in South Africa?
(a) Viscount Yorkchester.
(b) The Duke of the Transvaal.
(c) Lord Ripon.
(d) Mr. Huffington.

4. What is Gandhi's opinion about British rule in India after he returns from South Africa?
(a) He believes that although British rule is not helpful presently, it will ultimately be beneficial.
(b) He believes British rule is beneficial and acceptable.
(c) He believes British rule in undermining the good of the Indian people.
(d) He believes British rule has little effect on the Indian people.

5. What is Gandhi trying to persuade barristers to do while in Bombay?
(a) To find loopholes in the constitution to get India out from under British rule.
(b) To accompany him when he returns to South Africa.
(c) To gain more power in Indian government and to have more influence.
(d) To represent the poor in court cases.

6. What happens when Gandhi lends money to a woman to open a vegetarian restaurant?
(a) She dies and her son assumes the loan.
(b) She defaults on the loan.
(c) She needs more money and asks for another loan.
(d) She repays Gandhi.

7. What intention does Gandhi announce in Burma?
(a) That he will travel third class through India.
(b) That he is refraining from eating dairy products.
(c) That he will continue his practices for finding truth.
(d) That he will be taking a poisition in the Indian government.

8. What does Gandhi think about his abilities to practice law after passing the bar exams?
(a) He thinks his aptitude is stronger in medicine and does not think he will be successful.
(b) He thinks that his discipline and practices will help him succeed.
(c) He thinks he has the persuasive abilities to win trials.
(d) He thinks he does not have any practical experience.

9. Who does Gandhi encounter after he misses his train in Allahabad?
(a) A businessman, Mr. Brooks.
(b) A barrister, Mr. Cyrus.
(c) A political agent, Mr. Keith.
(d) A newspaper editor, Mr. Chesney, Jr.

10. How are the Indian quarters in Johannesburg referred to?
(a) As the Banana Belt.
(b) As the slave quarters.
(c) As coolie locations.
(d) As Plague City.

11. What do the stagecoach passengers tell the stagecoach staff, in regards to Gandhi, on the trip from Charlestown to Johannesburg?
(a) That they will boycott the stagecoach company if Gandhi is not permitted to ride with them.
(b) To leave Gandhi behind and have him take the next coach.
(c) That they will take the next coach if Gandhi rides with them.
(d) To leave Gandhi alone and let him ride inside the coach with them.

12. What does Gandhi read in England that later becomes daily reading for him?
(a) The Patanjali Sutras.
(b) The Gita.
(c) The London Times.
(d) The Bible.

13. How does Gandhi respond to the doctor's advice when his son, Manilal, becomes very ill?
(a) He follows the doctor's orders.
(b) He seeks a second opinion.
(c) He ignores the doctor's orders.
(d) He follows some of the doctor's instructions.

14. What activities does Gandhi undertake to save money during his second trip to South Africa?
(a) Making his own clothes and grinding wheat into flour.
(b) Growing his own vegetables and making his own shoes.
(c) Doing laundry in-house and cutting his own hair.
(d) Cutting coupons and walking to his destination.

15. How are Gandhi's sons and nephew educated in South Africa?
(a) Kasturbai teaches them.
(b) Gandhi hires an English governess.
(c) They attend public school.
(d) They are sent to a boarding school in Johannesburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vow does Gandhi take in 1906?

2. What happens after the government does not move the Indians out of the district in Johannesburg?

3. How do the Indians volunteer their services during the Boer War?

4. What services does Gandhi perform at the Congress in Calcutta?

5. What promise does Gandhi make when he returns to India the second time?

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