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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. What food is used to feed women after childbirth?
(a) Millet.
(b) Rice.
(c) Beans.
(d) Tree peas.
2. Where did Kenyatta live when he was learning the methods of warfare?
(a) Near Ngare Narok.
(b) In Nairobi.
(c) On the Serengeti plain.
(d) Near Mt. Kilimanjaro.
3. What is riika?
(a) Group of Gikuyu elders.
(b) Initiation of a girl.
(c) Initiation of a boy.
(d) Age-grading among the Gikuyu.
4. How high should the crops be when weeding is begun?
(a) About 6 inches.
(b) About 4 or 5 inches.
(c) About 2 or 3 inches.
(d) About 7 inches.
5. 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?
(a) Kaigumbi.
(b) Waiyaki
(c) Wukumbi.
(d) Kikumboo.
Short Answer Questions
1. What position did Kenyatta hold in the Gikuyu Central Association?
2. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?
3. What is iron beaten into a heap is called?
4. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?
5. What is the mother's brother called?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Gikuyu children expected to do?
2. Where is the country of the Gikuyu located? How many different administrative districts exist? What is the approximate population?
3. What do the Gikuyu do for a living?
4. What happens when the father, the owner of the land, dies?
5. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.
6. What happened when the descendents of Gikuyu outgrew the land?
7. What is Kenyatta speaking of when he refers to those "professional friends of the African"?
8. What are sheep and goats used for in Gikuyu society?
9. What qualities does Kenyatta exhibit in his book that are rare among students of social science?
10. How are the brother of the mother and sister of the mother considered in Gikuyu society?
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