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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Kenyatta's grandfather?
(a) A seer and a magician.
(b) A warrior.
(c) An elder.
(d) A hunter and a farmer.

3. How does Mr. Kenyatta present the facts?
(a) With anger.
(b) Sorrowfully.
(c) Objectively without feeling.
(d) With great passion.

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

5. What is the mbari or nyomba?
(a) Witch doctor.
(b) Family group.
(c) Hut of a male Gikuyu.
(d) Hut of a female Gikuyu.

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

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

8. What does Mr. Kenyatta recognize which is all important?
(a) His lack of education.
(b) The danger of his own bias.
(c) His love of the European culture.
(d) The danger of fame and fortune.

9. How many sheep or goats equal the value of one cow?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

10. Where are the author's credentials written in a book?
(a) Bibliography.
(b) Preface.
(c) Appendix.
(d) Dedication.

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

12. Why did the Gikuyu men get their wives pregnant all at the same time?
(a) To follow an old tribal custom.
(b) To build up the numbers of tribe members.
(c) To prove their virility.
(d) To force a change to a patriarchal society.

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

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

15. Which class helped Mr. Kenyatta become an excellent ethnographer?
(a) Economics class in Kenya.
(b) Anthropology class in Paris.
(c) Discussion class in Berlin.
(d) Discussion class in London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Gikuyu shields made of?

2. How high should the crops be when weeding is begun?

3. The educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.

4. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?

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

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