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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Kenyatta's aunt who performed the initiation operation on Gikuyu girls?

3. What food is used to feed women after childbirth?

4. What was the name of the chief who entered into a treaty with the Europeans and was then deported and died on his way to the coast?

5. What is the Gkuyu word for witch doctor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are cattle used for in Gikuyu society?

3. Describe the hut of a male Gikuyu.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What are Gikuyu children expected to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe hate magic and when it is used.

2) What is destructive magic considered to be by the Gikuyu people? How do they view it? What happened to people who practiced it before the Europeans came?

3) Describe how witch's poison is made. Who knows how to make it? What does it contain?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) What work do the Gikuyu women do?

2) What work do the Gikuyu men do?

3) Describe what cattle, sheep, and goats are used for in the Gikuyu culture?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following essay topics.

1) Describe the harvesting ceremony.

2) Describe the ceremony to chase away illness and disease.

3) Describe the communion of Gikuyus with their ancestors. What does Kenyatta compare it with in European culture?

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