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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 is the key to the life of the Gikuyu?
(a) Warfare practices.
(b) Land tenure.
(c) Magic.
(d) Ceremonies.

2. How long does a well built hut usually last?
(a) Ten or more years.
(b) Five or more years.
(c) Seven or more years.
(d) One or more years.

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

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

5. Into how many administrative districts is the Gikuyu territory divided?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ore is reduced to ____________.

2. Why did the Gikuyu men get their wives pregnant all at the same time?

3. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?

4. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom is Kenyatta particularly indebted to in the writing of the book?

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

3. What work do the Gikuyu men do?

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

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

6. What happens when the father, the owner of the land, dies?

7. How are the brother of the mother and sister of the mother considered in Gikuyu society?

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

9. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?

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

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