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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 do the fathers teach their young sons?
(a) How to build a hut.
(b) How to weed and use a digging stick.
(c) How to fish.
(d) How to fight with the Gikuyu weapons.

2. When do the Gikuyu make sacrifices to their god?
(a) For fertility.
(b) Only in dire circumstances and when rain fails to fall.
(c) For good health.
(d) For a good harvest.

3. What musical instruments are used to chase away evil spirits?
(a) Horns.
(b) Magic sticks.
(c) Drums.
(d) Flutes,.

4. What is the first stage of Gikuyu courtship?
(a) The boy sings outside the girl's hut in the evening.
(b) The boy sends gifts to the girl's hut.
(c) The boy and his friends visit the home of the girl.
(d) The boy asks the girl's father for her hand in marriage.

5. What is the sound of the Gikuyu's God's movement?
(a) Thunder,.
(b) Mighty wind.
(c) Rustling trees.
(d) Rushing river water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the stomach contents of the sacrificial animal mixed with during the harvesting ceremony?

2. How do the Gikuyu people finally kill the evil spirits?

3. What does Kenyatta fear western education will do to the Gikuyu society?

4. What does the bride do when the husband's relatives come to take her to his hut?

5. What do the girls and their sponsors do in the hut on the day of circumcision?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the harvesting ceremony.

2. How many wives does a Gikuyu man usually have? How many husbands does a Gikuyu woman usually have?

3. What happens once all the dowry animals are paid to the parents of the bride?

4. What are reasons for divorce in Gikuyu society?

5. What does the Gikuyu father teach his son?

6. What is the school in the Gikuyu nation? How do the mothers and nurses educate the very young?

7. Describe the stages of youth in the Gikuyu society.

8. What did the Gikuyu constitution state?

9. What happens if rain fails to fall normally?

10. What is considered the sound of Ngai's movement? What is his weapon?

(see the answer keys)

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