Read the excerpt from “Mohandas Gandhi: Truth in Action.”
“Thief,” though Mohandas Gandhi. “I am a thief.”
Fifteen-year-old Mohandas looked at the gold in his hand. He had stolen it from his brother. It was not his first theft: earlier, he had stolen coins from the family’s servants. But now the gold in his hand burned like a hot coal. He sat down and wrote a letter of confession to his father.
Would his father punish him? Mohandas watched as his father read the note. Tears rolled down his father’s cheeks, wetting the paper. But there was no scolding. Silently, his father tore the letter into pieces. Later, Gandhi realized that, in his father’s response, he had seen the principle of Ahimsa—of nonviolence in action.
Part A
What inference can be made from this excerpt?
His father relied on emotion instead of reason.
One experience can change the course of a person’s life.
It is difficult to believe promises made by a thief.
Telling the truth will always make one’s life better.
Part B - Points depend on a correct response in Part A.
Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
"Later, Gandhi realized that, in his father’s response, he had seen the principle of Ahimsa—of nonviolence in action."
"Silently, his father tore the letter into pieces."
"Mohandas watched as his father read the note."
". It was not his first theft: earlier, he had stolen coins from the family’s servants."
please help me
