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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Night".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Baroka is angrily defending himself from the rumors about the pepper and ground corn, what is Sidi doing?
(a) Listening skeptically.
(b) Looking around his room at the hunting trophies.
(c) Singing and dancing.
(d) Laughing at him.

2. What important piece of information does Sadiku give Sidi as a reason to marry Baroka?
(a) Baroka has promised that Sidi will be his last wife.
(b) Baroka has promised to divorce all of his other wives.
(c) Baroka will take her as a concubine if she does not agree to marry him.
(d) Baroka is willing to pay double the expected bride-price.

3. What does Lakunle imply is usually responsible for women's strange behavior?
(a) Their husbands' treatment of them.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) The cycling of the moon.
(d) A lack of intelligence.

4. How do the villagers feel about Lakunle?
(a) They respect and fear him.
(b) They think he has done great things for their village.
(c) They think he is strange and full of silly, pretentious ideas.
(d) They admire his education but think that he is corrupt.

5. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?
(a) It is immodest.
(b) It is too masculine.
(c) It is old-fashioned.
(d) It is eccentric.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baroka means when he says, "The monkey sweats" (54)?

2. What kind of school does Lakunle wish the village had?

3. When Lakunle hears Baroka's plans for Sidi, what does he say about Baroka?

4. What kind of transportation does Lakunle say he wants to bring to the village?

5. What mysterious object does Sadiku have wrapped up in the beginning of "Night"?

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