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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tribal Origin and Kinship System and The Gikuyu System of Land Tenure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?
(a) Pigs and calves.
(b) Sheep and goats.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Horses and cattle.

2. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?
(a) Mooli.
(b) Maba.
(c) Moobi.
(d) Maito.

3. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?
(a) Mikuji.
(b) Mombooli.
(c) Malinbi.
(d) Moombi.

4. What is the mother's brother called?
(a) Oono.
(b) Unka.
(c) Mama.
(d) Loopi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of Kenya does the country of the Gikuyu lie?

2. How many stages of eldership did Kenyatta pass

3. Where did Kenyatta live when he was learning the methods of warfare?

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

5. When the Europeans first came to Gikuyuland, how did the Gikuyu regard them?

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