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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Magical and Medical Practices and Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is a man initiated into the council of peace?
(a) When a man owns his own hut and land.
(b) When a man is 50 years old.
(c) When a man marries.
(d) When a man has a child to be circumcised.

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

3. Where are the strips of the sacrificial animal buried ?
(a) In the gardens.
(b) On Mount Kenya.
(c) In crossroads throughout the village.
(d) By the river.

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

5. How is the first stage of youth marked in the Gikuyu tribe?
(a) By piercing the outer ear.
(b) By shaving the head.
(c) By painting the body.
(d) By piercing the navel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?

2. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?

3. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?

4. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?

5. What does Kenyatta say is the key to the Gikuyu culture?

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