2. There was an assassination of who in Bengal?
(a) A police official.
(b) A government official.
(c) An Indian official.
(d) An aid worker.

3. Indians became the political football in the early 1900s when the Prime Minister promises to do what?
(a) Drive the "coolies" out of the country.
(b) Find them a place to live.
(c) Give them equal rigths.
(d) Give them jobs.

4. Those who adore Gandhi feel that his death leaves ___________ of mankind without a spokesman.
(a) The conscience.
(b) The minorities.
(c) The poor.
(d) The majority.

5. After reading ______________, Gandhi's life was forever changed.
(a) John Ruskins' Fors Clavigera.
(b) John Ruskins' Modern Painters.
(c) John Ruskins' The Stones of Venice.
(d) John Ruskins' Unto This Last.

6. Gandhi felt that becoming a better person led to what?
(a) A safer life.
(b) A more religious life.
(c) A better life.
(d) A longer life.

7. At thirty-seven years of age, Gandhi decided to give up what as a selfless act?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Sex.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Meat.

8. Why was it important that Gandhi was considered "colored?"
(a) He was not of African descent.
(b) He was in the minority.
(c) He was not allowed to ride on trains.
(d) He should not have been allowed to ride in first class.

9. In what did the boycott result?
(a) Violence.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Equality.
(d) Peace.

10. When it was time to decide upon a career, Gandhi decided to become what?
(a) A politician.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A lawyer.

11. Although later touting full independence, Gandhi went through a stage when he saw India on a par with what countries?
(a) South Africa and Pakistan.
(b) The United States and Canada.
(c) The Virgin Islands and British Isles.
(d) Canada and Australia.

12. The future of the 100,000 Indians in South Africa was in jeopardy. What does Gandhi decide to do?
(a) Fast.
(b) Go to India.
(c) Save them.
(d) Pray.

13. Gandhi had made "humility and truth more powerful than ______________."
(a) God.
(b) Empires.
(c) Love.
(d) Mankind.

14. How did Gandhi feel about his young marriage?
(a) He found it strange.
(b) He considered it to be wrong.
(c) He considered it to be exciting.
(d) He found it embarrassing.

15. By the time they arrived at the sea on April 5th, they were how many strong?
(a) Several thousand.
(b) Several million.
(c) Several dozen.
(d) Several hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1909, Gandhi got word to England about the treatment of the Indians in South Africa. He won the support of many of the ___________ of the country.

2. It took them 24 days to walk how many miles?

3. By 1920, most British officials looked at Indians as what?

4. Gandhi eventually traveled there and found that the million peasant Indians there were suffering from what?

5. How successful was Gandhi at learning English?

(see the answer keys)

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