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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. Why did the animals run away from the Gikuyu women?
(a) They were being slaughtered with dull wooden tools.
(b) They wanted their freedom.
(c) They hated humans.
(d) They weren't being fed enough.

2. What is riika?
(a) Initiation of a girl.
(b) Age-grading among the Gikuyu.
(c) Group of Gikuyu elders.
(d) Initiation of a boy.

3. Of the animals who ran away, which were chosen to be defenders of the forests?
(a) Cheetah and Wildebeast.
(b) Elephant, buffalo, and rhinoceros.
(c) Giraffe and Hippopotamus.
(d) Lion and leopard.

4. What does the father teach his son about plants and roots?
(a) The names and uses.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Which ones are poisonous.
(d) Which ones have magic power.

5. Why did the Gikuyu men get their wives pregnant all at the same time?
(a) To force a change to a patriarchal society.
(b) To build up the numbers of tribe members.
(c) To follow an old tribal custom.
(d) To prove their virility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?

2. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?

3. How many partitions are in the male Gikuyu's hut?

4. What are Gikuyu shields made of?

5. How long is a Gikuyu warrior's spear?

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