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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what years did Kenyatta start and edit the first Gikuyu journal?
(a) 1928-1930.
(b) 1927-1932.
(c) 1930-1935.
(d) 1925-1928.

2. In what part of Kenya does the country of the Gikuyu lie?
(a) Southern.
(b) Central.
(c) Northern.
(d) Eastern.

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

4. Where did Kenyatta live when he was learning the methods of warfare?
(a) Near Mt. Kilimanjaro.
(b) In Nairobi.
(c) Near Ngare Narok.
(d) On the Serengeti plain.

5. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?
(a) Mooli.
(b) Maito.
(c) Maba.
(d) Moobi.

6. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?
(a) Fig tree.
(b) Lemon tree.
(c) Banana tree.
(d) Banyan tree.

7. Between which two countries was the African railway built?
(a) Ethiopia-Uganda.
(b) Kenya-Cairo.
(c) Rwanda-Kenya.
(d) Uganda-Kenya.

8. What food is used to feed women after childbirth?
(a) Rice.
(b) Beans.
(c) Millet.
(d) Tree peas.

9. What does a Gikuyu woman call the parcel of land she is allowed to cultivate?
(a) My garden.
(b) My property.
(c) My earth.
(d) My land.

10. What is the value of a bull or ox in terms of sheep or goats.
(a) Four sheep or goats.
(b) Seven sheep or goats.
(c) Six sheep or goats.
(d) Five sheep or goats.

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

12. What is the key to the life of the Gikuyu?
(a) Land tenure.
(b) Warfare practices.
(c) Magic.
(d) Ceremonies.

13. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?
(a) Waiyaki
(b) Kaigumbi.
(c) Wukumbi.
(d) Kikumboo.

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

15. What is the father of a Gikuyu family called?
(a) Baba.
(b) Simba.
(c) Gooyi.
(d) Gikoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the animals who ran away, which were chosen to be defenders of the forests?

2. When the Europeans first came to Gikuyuland, how did the Gikuyu regard them?

3. What kind of charcoal has a particular value in smelting iron?

4. The first seeds of the new historical demoralization were planted by ___________.

5. What is the approximate population of the Gikuyu country?

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