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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Marriage System and The Gikuyu System of Government.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kenyatta think the European teacher coming to Africa should do?
(a) Be circumcised.
(b) Share their knowledge of other subjects.
(c) Learn the Gikuyu way.
(d) Set up western schools.

3. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?
(a) The color of a small light-colored frog living in water.
(b) The color of white butterflies.
(c) The color of light-colored fish.
(d) The color of white leopards.

4. What is done to the girl's body prior to surgery?
(a) It is blessed by the medicine man.
(b) It is washed in the mother's hut.
(c) It is massaged and adorned with beads.
(d) It is painted with sacred colors.

5. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?
(a) The body is painted red and white.
(b) The head is shaved.
(c) A bracelet with bells is put around the ankle.
(d) Feathers are put in the hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does a junior warrior become a senior warrior?

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

3. How does Mr. Kenyatta present the facts?

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

5. What is the value of a bull or ox in terms of sheep or goats.

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