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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?
(a) Horses and cattle.
(b) Pigs and calves.
(c) Sheep and goats.
(d) Cattle.

4. What kind of charcoal has a particular value in smelting iron?
(a) Pine tree charcoal.
(b) Beobab charcoal.
(c) Banana charcoal.
(d) Palm charcoal.

5. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1925.

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

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

8. A man who owns a hut is referred to as __________.
(a) A father.
(b) A wealthy man.
(c) An elder.
(d) A married man.

9. What is the busiest time for the majority of the women?
(a) Harvesting-time.
(b) Weeding time.
(c) Planting time.
(d) Hut-building time.

10. For what is the man's hut used?
(a) Sleeping and greeting visitors.
(b) Religious ceremonies.
(c) Family gatherings.
(d) Storing weapons and living.

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

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

13. What was the short name of the famous medicine man of the Gikuyu who prophesied the coming of Europeans with guns?
(a) Luku.
(b) Wama.
(c) Mogo.
(d) Giku.

14. Of the animals who ran away, which were chosen to be defenders of the forests?
(a) Elephant, buffalo, and rhinoceros.
(b) Giraffe and Hippopotamus.
(c) Cheetah and Wildebeast.
(d) Lion and leopard.

15. What is the Gikuyu name for millet?
(a) Marira.
(b) Mwere.
(c) Njogo.
(d) Njahe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what kind of tree did Gikuyu and his family find nine young men to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

2. What was the condition that the nine men had to agree to if they wanted to marry Gikuyu's daughters?

3. What do the Gikuyu call their grandmother?

4. What was the name of Gikuyu's wife?

5. Why did the animals run away from the Gikuyu women?

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