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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. In what part of Kenya does the country of the Gikuyu lie?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Central.
(c) Northern.
(d) Southern.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has become the attitude of modern social science?

2. What is the sign of wealth among the Gikuyu?

3. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?

4. From what month to what month is the season of the big rain In Gikuyuland?

5. Where are the author's credentials written in a book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Gikuyu children expected to do?

3. What work do the Gikuyu women do?

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

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

6. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.

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

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

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

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

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