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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the mother's brother called?
(a) Oono.
(b) Unka.
(c) Mama.
(d) Loopi.

3. How did the Gikuyu lose most of their lands?
(a) Through their magnanimity.
(b) Through deserting their lands and moving southward.
(c) Through fighting with the Europeans.
(d) Through selling their land to the Europeans.

4. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?
(a) The Ndorobo.
(b) The pygmies.
(c) The Watusi.
(d) The Masai.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the key to the life of the Gikuyu?

2. What are Gikuyu shields made of?

3. The ore is reduced to ____________.

4. How did the Gikuyus explain the relation of their tribe with the Europeans?

5. What is the Gkuyu word for witch doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the cultural and historical traditions of the Gikuyu people handed down from generation to generation?

2. What does Malinkowski maintain would be a good enough reason for the book?

3. Why does Malinkowski write that we can't criticize Kenyatta for belief in magic?

4. What are Gikuyu children expected to do?

5. How are the children in the Gikuyu tribe viewed?

6. What are the basic units of the Gikuyu tribe?

7. How does the Gikuyu society change from a matriarchal to a patriarchal society?

8. What enabled Kenyatta to write an ethnography of the Gikuyu tribe?

9. What qualities does Kenyatta exhibit in his book that are rare among students of social science?

10. What are sheep and goats used for in Gikuyu society?

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