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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Religion and Ancestor Worship and The New Religion in East Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is done to the girl's body prior to surgery?
(a) It is painted with sacred colors.
(b) It is blessed by the medicine man.
(c) It is washed in the mother's hut.
(d) It is massaged and adorned with beads.

2. From whom did the Gikuyu buy grain?
(a) The Wakamba.
(b) The Watusi.
(c) The Masai.
(d) The Gumba.

3. Where are the author's credentials written in a book?
(a) Bibliography.
(b) Preface.
(c) Appendix.
(d) Dedication.

4. On what day is the woman admitted into the husband's clan?
(a) The nineth.
(b) The eighth.
(c) The sixth.
(d) The seventh.

5. What do the girls and their sponsors do in the hut on the day of circumcision?
(a) They exchange vows.
(b) The girls sit between the legs of their sponsors.
(c) They sing a special initiation song.
(d) They dance together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of government did the British introduce when they came?

2. How is the first stage of youth marked in the Gikuyu tribe?

3. Under the Constitution that was drawn up after the Gikuyu people became democratic, what were all young men supposed to be?

4. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?

5. 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?

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