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

2. What was the condition that the nine men had to agree to if they wanted to marry Gikuyu's daughters?
(a) To live under a matriarchal system.
(b) To undergo an immediate initiation operation.
(c) To go up to the top of Mt. Kenya and pray.
(d) To kill a ram as a sacrifice.

3. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?
(a) The iron dragon.
(b) The steel caterpillar.
(c) The big noise.
(d) The iron snake.

4. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?
(a) A week.
(b) Three days.
(c) A day.
(d) Two weeks.

5. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Gikuyu name for millet?

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

3. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?

4. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

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

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