Gandhi’s Salt March

Read the selection. Then answer the questions that follow.

Gandhi’s Salt March
by Alex DiPaolo

Multiple Choice

Which idea is best supported by the selection?

• Many Indians already refused to pay the salt tax.

• Many Indians thought the salt laws were unfair.

• Gandhi believed that breaking the law was unacceptable.

• Gandhi thought that violence was needed to defeat Britain.

Multiple Choice

Which inference can be made based on information in paragraphs 6 and 7 of the selection?

• Gandhi believed that civil disobedience should be carried out openly to

  be effective.

• British rule was not the “curse” Gandhi made it out to be.

• Gandhi was a private man who tried to avoid being the center of public

  attention.

• British rule was ineffective at best and cruel at its worst in India.

Multiple Choice

How does the author develop the ideas about the Salt March in paragraphs 6–8?

• by describing how the protest began with 78 followers but had grown to millions

  of protesters just two months later

• by contrasting the goals of Gandhi and his followers with those of Lord Irwin and

  the British government

• 
  by listing the challenges of making the 241-mile march and experiencing the

  British violence against the protesters

• 
  by looking at the importance of Gandhi’s civil disobedience movement on

  Indians and other groups

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 8, what does the word defiance mean?

• 
  helping a group of people

• keeping secrets

• going against instructions

• avoiding violence

Multiple Choice

Based on the selection, which statement describes the interactions of Indian protesters

and the British?

• Both the protesters and the British were willing to use any methods necessary

  to achieve their goals.

• The British used the media to expose what they felt were unfair demands by

  Indian protesters

• Although the Indians used peaceful resistance in their protests, the British

  responded violently

• Although the British wanted to bargain with the protesters, the Indians refused

  to give up on any of their demands.

Multiple Choice

Which detail from the selection best supports the author’s claim that the Salt March

“was a major political turning point”?

• “Gandhi believed in nonviolent civil disobedience.

• “The viceroy’s secretary replied to Gandhi’s letter . . .”

• 
  “The march took 24 days.”

• “Newspapers from around the world reported on the violence . . .”

Multiple Choice

Which phrase from the selection helps the reader understand the meaning of the word

oppression in paragraph 3?

• “force Britain to accept”

• “a powerful way”

• “‘evils’ that Britain had forced”

• “‘But if you cannot see’”