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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. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?
(a) Get the witchdoctor to cast a spell on him.
(b) Sleep with his wife.
(c) Insult his mother.
(d) Spit on him.

2. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?
(a) Fig tree.
(b) Banana tree.
(c) Banyan tree.
(d) Lemon tree.

3. What food is used to feed women after childbirth?
(a) Rice.
(b) Beans.
(c) Millet.
(d) Tree peas.

4. What do the girls and their sponsors do in the hut on the day of circumcision?
(a) The girls sit between the legs of their sponsors.
(b) They dance together.
(c) They exchange vows.
(d) They sing a special initiation song.

5. What is the value of a bull or ox in terms of sheep or goats.
(a) Five sheep or goats.
(b) Four sheep or goats.
(c) Seven sheep or goats.
(d) Six sheep or goats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the young taught?

2. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?

3. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?

4. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?

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

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