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

2. When a man becomes ill, ________________ are sought.
(a) Elders.
(b) Seers.
(c) Medicine men.
(d) Gikuyu gods.

3. Where are the strips of the sacrificial animal buried ?
(a) In crossroads throughout the village.
(b) On Mount Kenya.
(c) By the river.
(d) In the gardens.

4. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?
(a) The head is shaved.
(b) A bracelet with bells is put around the ankle.
(c) The body is painted red and white.
(d) Feathers are put in the hair.

5. What was the name of the first governmental group?
(a) Nogami generation .
(b) Kolugi generation.
(c) Gikuyu generation..
(d) Ndemi generation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first ruler of the Gikuyu people like?

2. When the man has a hut suitable for his wife what happens?

3. What does the father teach his son about plants and roots?

4. How do the Gikuyu children gain physical strength?

5. How many wives do Gikuyu men usually have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Gikuyu constitution state?

2. What does the Gikuyu father teach his son?

3. What is considered the sound of Ngai's movement? What is his weapon?

4. Describe the harvesting ceremony.

5. How did the Gikuyu society become democratic?

6. What must a Gikuyu boy do when he wants to get married?

7. What are the three types of Gikuyu spirituality?

8. What does a Gikuyu mother teach her children?

9. What is circumcision required for among Gikuyus?

10. Where do the Gikuyu worship?

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