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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 is the father of a Gikuyu family called?
(a) Gikoo.
(b) Gooyi.
(c) Simba.
(d) Baba.

2. What is a moherega?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Gikuyu of the warrior class.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Gikuyu clan.

3. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?
(a) Moobi.
(b) Mooli.
(c) Maito.
(d) Maba.

4. How high should the crops be when weeding is begun?
(a) About 4 or 5 inches.
(b) About 2 or 3 inches.
(c) About 6 inches.
(d) About 7 inches.

5. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?
(a) A week.
(b) A day.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?

2. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

3. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?

4. How did the Gikuyu lose most of their lands?

5. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?

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