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

2. How many of the Gikuyu live as squatters on farms on European land?
(a) 105,000.
(b) 110,000,
(c) 75,000.
(d) 95,000.

3. When did Kenyatta learn about a new religious cult?
(a) 1928-29.
(b) 1930-31.
(c) 1927-28.
(d) 1932-33.

4. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?
(a) Mogai.
(b) Mowgli.
(c) Mombassa.
(d) Moombi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?

2. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?

3. What is riika?

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

5. What has become the attitude of modern social science?

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