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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. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?
(a) Royal Committee of Kenya.
(b) British-Gikuyu Royal Commission.
(c) Nairobi Royal Commission.
(d) Joint Committee on the Closer Union of East Africa.

2. How many of the Gikuyu live as squatters on farms on European land?
(a) 95,000.
(b) 110,000,
(c) 105,000.
(d) 75,000.

3. What is the study of the German people by German scholars called?
(a) Studium des deutchen Volkes.
(b) Taegliches Leben des deutschen Volkes.
(c) Volkskunde.
(d) Deutsche Gechichte.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does one say my or our mother in Gikuyu?

2. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?

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

4. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?

5. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the descendents of Gikuyu outgrew the land?

2. What work do the Gikuyu men do?

3. What is Kenyatta speaking of when he refers to those "professional friends of the African"?

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

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

6. Where is the country of the Gikuyu located? How many different administrative districts exist? What is the approximate population?

7. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?

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

9. What work do the Gikuyu women do?

10. Describe the Gikuyu hut of a woman.

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