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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 land when they moved southward?
(a) The Ndorobo.
(b) The Masai.
(c) The Watusi.
(d) The pygmies.

2. What can't a man get without sheep and goats?
(a) Status.
(b) Wife.
(c) Land.
(d) Hut.

3. Which two men are responsible for undertaking the new drive in French folklore?
(a) Proust and Lamartine.
(b) Victor Hugo and Balzac.
(c) Riviere and Varagniac.
(d) Baudelaire and Saint Exupery.

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

5. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1927.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?

2. To whom did Kenyatta act as interpreter to in his big land case?

3. What was the founder of the Gikuyu tribe called?

4. How do the Masai regard cultivation of the soil?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What work do the Gikuyu women do?

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

4. What is considered to be the most important aspect of Gikuyu society and why?

5. What do the Gikuyu do for a living?

6. What are Gikuyu children expected to do?

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

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

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

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

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