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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. From whom did the Gikuyu buy grain?
(a) The Wakamba.
(b) The Masai.
(c) The Watusi.
(d) The Gumba.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Kenyatta recognize which is all important?

2. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?

3. Where did Kenyatta live when he was learning the methods of warfare?

4. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. List some of the activities Kenyatta participated in which make him an excellent representative of his tribe.

5. How does a man go about buying land from a Gikuyu?

6. What is the origin of the Gikuyu's use of iron?

7. What is the story of the creation of the Gikuyu tribe?

8. Explain the place of the father in the Gikuyu society.

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

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

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