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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. Who leads the initiates to the homestead?
(a) The mother.
(b) Senior warriors.
(c) The father.
(d) The medicine man.

2. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?
(a) With a story about a lion with a man.
(b) With a story about an elephant and a man.
(c) With a story about a Rhinoceros and a man.
(d) With the story of a fox and a man.

3. Where are the author's credentials written in a book?
(a) Preface.
(b) Appendix.
(c) Dedication.
(d) Bibliography.

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

5. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?
(a) Lolo.
(b) Mamba.
(c) Coco.
(d) Baba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the condition that the nine men had to agree to if they wanted to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

2. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?

3. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?

4. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?

5. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?

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