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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Noon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sadiku?
(a) Baroka's favorite wife.
(b) Baroka's senior wife.
(c) Sidi's mother.
(d) One of Baroka's concubines.

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

3. Who is Ogun?
(a) The leader of a nearby village.
(b) A Yoruba god.
(c) The mayor of Lagos.
(d) The "lost Traveller."

4. Whom does Baroka call "the queen of them all" (31)?
(a) Sidi.
(b) Sadiku.
(c) The Favorite.
(d) Ailatu.

5. Who is Sidi?
(a) The "jewel" of the village.
(b) The best friend of the "jewel" of the village.
(c) The favorite wife of the village leader.
(d) The senior wife of the village leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sidi not want to spend any time alone with Baroka?

2. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?

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

4. What important piece of information does Sadiku give Sidi as a reason to marry Baroka?

5. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?

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