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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through System of Education, Initiation of Boys and Girls and Sex Life among Yong People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?
(a) My garden.
(b) My property.
(c) My earth.
(d) My land.

2. What are Gikuyu shields made of?
(a) Lion hide.
(b) Elephant hide.
(c) Rhinoceros hide.
(d) Buffalo hide.

3. Kenyatta gave evidence before the Morris Carter Kenya Land Commission in London in what year?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1932.

4. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?
(a) They should pattern themselves after the Europeans.
(b) Africa has no future.
(c) Might is right.
(d) The black man is inferior.

5. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?
(a) Waco.
(b) Luca.
(c) Vinca.
(d) Lanca.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the people living in the forests build their homes?

2. How do the mother and the nurse educate the very young?

3. The educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.

4. Of the animals who ran away, which were chosen to be defenders of the forests?

5. When is the piercing of the child's lobe done?

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