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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mother's brother called?

2. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?

3. What does Mr. Kenyatta recognize which is all important?

4. What was Kenyatta's grandfather?

5. What is the Gikuyu name for millet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the father, the owner of the land, dies?

2. Where is the country of the Gikuyu located? How many different administrative districts exist? What is the approximate population?

3. What happened when the descendents of Gikuyu outgrew the land?

4. What work do the Gikuyu men do?

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

6. To whom is Kenyatta particularly indebted to in the writing of the book?

7. How are the children in the Gikuyu tribe viewed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe Gikuyu hut building. Who builds the huts? How long does it take?

2) Describe a Gikuyu woman's hut.

3) Describe a Gikuyu man's hut.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) In the "Conclusion" what does Kenyatta reiterate is so important about the Gikuyu culture.

2) Why does Kenyatta feel learning in the family environment is healthy?

3) Explain how reading "Facing Mount Kenya - Tribal Life of the Gikuyu" changed or didn't change your opinion of Africans. Do you now admire the Gikuyus ? Why? Why not?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe what the Gikuyus do when rain fails to fall normally. What do the seers do?

2) Describe the ceremony of sacrificing a lamb to Ngai, the Gikuyu God.

3) Describe the Gikuyu planting ceremony.

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