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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. From what month to what month is the season of the big rain In Gikuyuland?
(a) From March to July.
(b) From July to early October.
(c) From May to August.
(d) From October to January.

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

3. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?
(a) They should pattern themselves after the Europeans.
(b) Might is right.
(c) The black man is inferior.
(d) Africa has no future.

4. What has become the attitude of modern social science?
(a) "Going out into the world is all-important."
(b) "Anthropology begins at home."
(c) "Tolerance is all-important."
(d) "Know thyself."

5. What kind of charcoal has a particular value in smelting iron?
(a) Banana charcoal.
(b) Beobab charcoal.
(c) Pine tree charcoal.
(d) Palm charcoal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kenyatta gave evidence before the Morris Carter Kenya Land Commission in London in what year?

2. When did Kenyatta learn about a new religious cult?

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

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

5. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?

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