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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Economic Life and Industries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Gikuyu name for millet?
(a) Njahe.
(b) Marira.
(c) Mwere.
(d) Njogo.

2. Between which two countries was the African railway built?
(a) Ethiopia-Uganda.
(b) Kenya-Cairo.
(c) Uganda-Kenya.
(d) Rwanda-Kenya.

3. How does Mr. Kenyatta present the facts?
(a) Sorrowfully.
(b) With anger.
(c) Objectively without feeling.
(d) With great passion.

4. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1924.

5. How many partitions are in the male Gikuyu's hut?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?

2. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?

3. How many of the Gikuyu live as squatters on farms on European land?

4. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?

5. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?

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