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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 many sheep or goats equal the value of one cow?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

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

3. What position did Kenyatta hold in the Gikuyu Central Association?
(a) Vice-president.
(b) Treasurer.
(c) General Secretary.
(d) President.

4. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?
(a) The iron snake.
(b) The big noise.
(c) The iron dragon.
(d) The steel caterpillar.

5. The ore is reduced to ____________.
(a) "Fragments."
(b) "Chards."
(c) "Blooms."
(d) "Chips."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Kenyatta gave evidence before the Morris Carter Kenya Land Commission in London in what year?

3. What is the Gikuyu name for millet?

4. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?

5. Where did the people living in the forests build their homes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of the creation of the Gikuyu tribe?

2. What is Kenyatta speaking of when he refers to those "professional friends of the African"?

3. What qualities does Kenyatta exhibit in his book that are rare among students of social science?

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

5. How does the Gikuyu society change from a matriarchal to a patriarchal society?

6. What are Gikuyu children expected to do?

7. What is considered to be the most important aspect of Gikuyu society and why?

8. What work do the Gikuyu men do?

9. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.

10. Explain the place of the father in the Gikuyu society.

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