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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?
(a) Royal Committee of Kenya.
(b) Joint Committee on the Closer Union of East Africa.
(c) Nairobi Royal Commission.
(d) British-Gikuyu Royal Commission.

2. What are Gikuyu shields made of?
(a) Rhinoceros hide.
(b) Buffalo hide.
(c) Lion hide.
(d) Elephant hide.

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

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

5. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

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

7. 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) Wukumbi.
(c) Kikumboo.
(d) Kaigumbi.

8. From what month to what month is the season of the big rain In Gikuyuland?
(a) From July to early October.
(b) From May to August.
(c) From October to January.
(d) From March to July.

9. How do the Masai regard cultivation of the soil?
(a) As an occupation.
(b) As a major source of food supply.
(c) As a way to train their children.
(d) As a crime against their gods.

10. How long does a well built hut usually last?
(a) Ten or more years.
(b) Five or more years.
(c) One or more years.
(d) Seven or more years.

11. The educated, intellectual minority of Africans were dismissed as ___________.
(a) "Fools."
(b) "Dreamers."
(c) "Agitators."
(d) "Stupid natives."

12. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?
(a) With a story about an elephant and a man.
(b) With a story about a lion with a man.
(c) With a story about a Rhinoceros and a man.
(d) With the story of a fox and a man.

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

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

15. 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) Five sheep or goats.
(d) Six sheep or goats.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?

2. What quote from William James was in the Introduction to the book?

3. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?

4. What is the busiest time for the majority of the women?

5. For what is the man's hut used?

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