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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?
(a) Giku.
(b) Luku.
(c) Mogo.
(d) Wama.

3. To whom did Kenyatta act as interpreter to in his big land case?
(a) Chief Kioi.
(b) Chief Lambata.
(c) Chief Lundita.
(d) Chief Kmaha.

4. When did Kenyatta learn about a new religious cult?
(a) 1932-33.
(b) 1930-31.
(c) 1927-28.
(d) 1928-29.

5. What were the people who lived in the forests called?
(a) Masai.
(b) Aathi.
(c) Ndorobo.
(d) Gumba.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How high should the crops be when weeding is begun?

3. What qualities does Mr. Kenyatta display which are rare among students of social science?

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

5. How long is a Gikuyu warrior's spear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.

2. What does Malinkowski maintain would be a good enough reason for the book?

3. What enabled Kenyatta to write an ethnography of the Gikuyu tribe?

4. List some of the activities Kenyatta participated in which make him an excellent representative of his tribe.

5. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.

6. What are Gikuyu children expected to do?

7. How are the cultural and historical traditions of the Gikuyu people handed down from generation to generation?

8. How does a man go about buying land from a Gikuyu?

9. Why does Malinkowski write that we can't criticize Kenyatta for belief in magic?

10. What work do the Gikuyu men do?

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