1. When Gandhi returned to India, what did he learn?
(a) His mother died.
(b) His wife is missing.
(c) His brother is missing.
(d) His father died.

2. Why were Gandhi and one of his sons and many other Indians arrested?
(a) For not wearing the appropriate clothing.
(b) For being non-registered coloreds.
(c) For boycotting.
(d) For protesting.

3. When he died, was Gandhi a private citizen with noteworthy professional achievement?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, only later in his career.
(c) Yes, some.
(d) Yes, a great deal.

4. Clearing his mind and soul of personal needs and desires allowed him to do what?
(a) Be a better father.
(b) Be careless.
(c) Stay peaceful.
(d) Work for the common welfare.

5. What did Gandhi learn from the incident involving his brother, Laxmidas?
(a) He wanted to be a part of the exciting new government.
(b) He never wanted to be part of the pettiness and snobbery of the government.
(c) He never wanted to be part of the stressful and taxing government.
(d) He did not want his brother to take part in the corrupt government.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. He traveled to what city where he enrolled in a three-year course of study?

3. What happened when Gandhi tried to register?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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