2. To what or whom does an elder recite a prayer at the planting ceremony?
(a) Gikuyu God.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Rain dancers.
(d) Future harvest.

3. How does a Gikuyu marriage come about?
(a) Men and women choose their own mates.
(b) The Gikuyu men choose their brides.
(c) The marriages are arranged by the parents.
(d) The marriages are arranged by Gikuyu elders.

4. What do Gikuyus do instead of praying to their ancestral spirits?
(a) Hold a feast in their honor.
(b) Give them gitts of respect.
(c) Light a fire on top of Mount Kenya in their honor.
(d) Name their children after them.

5. What is done the day before the circumcision operation?
(a) A bracelet with bells is put around the ankle.
(b) The head is shaved.
(c) Feathers are put in the hair.
(d) The body is painted red and white.

6. When do the Gikuyu make sacrifices to their god?
(a) For a good harvest.
(b) For good health.
(c) Only in dire circumstances and when rain fails to fall.
(d) For fertility.

7. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation?
(a) Mt. Kenya.
(b) The outdoors.
(c) A special hut.
(d) The home.

8. What does Kenyatta fear western education will do to the Gikuyu society?
(a) Tempt them to leave Kenya and go abroad.
(b) Give Gikuyus an inferiority complex.
(c) Be the downfall of the structure of the clan.
(d) Turn them against their ancestors.

9. When does a man become a member of the Court of Elders?
(a) When he marries.
(b) After two children are circumcised.
(c) After one child is circumcised.
(d) When he owns a house.

10. Where do the men, women, and children beat the bushes to chase the evil spirits away?
(a) Toward the center of the village.
(b) At the river.
(c) Toward Mount Kenya.
(d) In the jungle.

11. When an animal is to be sacrificed to God, where is the ceremony held?
(a) On the top of Mount Kenya.
(b) At a sacred tree.
(c) In the woman's hut.
(d) In a clearing in the jungle.

12. Under the Constitution that was drawn up after the Gikuyu people became democratic, what were all young men supposed to be?
(a) Elders.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Agriculturists.
(d) Married.

13. What are the stomach contents of the sacrificial animal mixed with during the harvesting ceremony?
(a) Ground up fish.
(b) Sap of a tree and the bark.
(c) Spices.
(d) Fruit and nuts.

14. At what age is a Gikuyu child circumcised?
(a) Seventeen or eighteen.
(b) Twelve or thirteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Fifteen or sixteen.

15. What does the bride do when the husband's relatives come to take her to his hut?
(a) She gives them flowers.
(b) She hugs them.
(c) She sings to them.
(d) She pretends to struggle against them.