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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. Why did the Gikuyu men get their wives pregnant all at the same time?
(a) To follow an old tribal custom.
(b) To prove their virility.
(c) To build up the numbers of tribe members.
(d) To force a change to a patriarchal society.

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

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

4. To whom did Kenyatta act as interpreter to in his big land case?
(a) Chief Kmaha.
(b) Chief Lambata.
(c) Chief Kioi.
(d) Chief Lundita.

5. What is the value of a bull or ox in terms of sheep or goats.
(a) Six sheep or goats.
(b) Seven sheep or goats.
(c) Five sheep or goats.
(d) Four sheep or goats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mother's brother called?

2. How many of the Gikuyu live as squatters on farms on European land?

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

4. The first seeds of the new historical demoralization were planted by ___________.

5. What is a moherega?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.

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

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

5. What are Gikuyu children expected to do?

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

7. What do the Gikuyu do for a living?

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

9. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?

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

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