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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Economic Life and Industries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sign of wealth among the Gikuyu?
(a) Goats.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Sons.

2. What is the Gkuyu word for witch doctor?
(a) Mondo-mogo.
(b) Mojo-mondi.
(c) Matwa-mati.
(d) Mowo-towo.

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

4. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?
(a) 1927-28.
(b) 1928-29.
(c) 1930-31.
(d) 1931-33.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can't a man get without sheep and goats?

2. How many sheep or goats equal the value of one cow?

3. Where are the author's credentials written in a book?

4. What united people in Africa against Western influence, above all against Great Britain and the United States?

5. How many stages of eldership did Kenyatta pass

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