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

2. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. What does Kenyatta think the European teacher coming to Africa should do?
(a) Share their knowledge of other subjects.
(b) Be circumcised.
(c) Learn the Gikuyu way.
(d) Set up western schools.

4. Where did the people living in the forests build their homes?
(a) In ckearings.
(b) On the plain.
(c) In the trees.
(d) Underground.

5. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?
(a) Luca.
(b) Lanca.
(c) Waco.
(d) Vinca.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age is a Gikuyu child circumcised?

2. A man who owns a hut is referred to as __________.

3. What can't a man get without sheep and goats?

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

5. Why did the animals run away from the Gikuyu women?

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