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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is iron beaten into a heap is called?
(a) Lowda.
(b) Kondwa.
(c) Kindwi.
(d) Mondwa.

3. What is the mother's brother called?
(a) Loopi.
(b) Mama.
(c) Unka.
(d) Oono.

4. What position did Kenyatta hold in the Gikuyu Central Association?
(a) General Secretary.
(b) Vice-president.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) President.

5. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?
(a) Waco.
(b) Vinca.
(c) Lanca.
(d) Luca.

6. The ore is reduced to ____________.
(a) "Fragments."
(b) "Blooms."
(c) "Chards."
(d) "Chips."

7. What qualities does Mr. Kenyatta display which are rare among students of social science?
(a) Intelligence and humility.
(b) Curiosity and persistence.
(c) Bravery and diligence.
(d) Outspokenness and honesty.

8. How many partitions are in the male Gikuyu's hut?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

9. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1921.

10. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?
(a) Mowgli.
(b) Mombassa.
(c) Moombi.
(d) Mogai.

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

12. From whom did the Gikuyu buy grain?
(a) The Masai.
(b) The Watusi.
(c) The Gumba.
(d) The Wakamba.

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

14. The first seeds of the new historical demoralization were planted by ___________.
(a) Nazism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Fraudulent Allied policies.
(d) Communism.

15. As a member of the warrior class, with what other tribe's warfare methods did Kenyatta become acquainted?
(a) The Mau Mau.
(b) The Mogani.
(c) The Tigoni.
(d) The Masai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food is used to feed women after childbirth?

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

3. What is the father of a Gikuyu family called?

4. How do the Masai regard cultivation of the soil?

5. Between which two countries was the African railway built?

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