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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?
(a) Become a leader.
(b) Speak with her father.
(c) Kill a lion.
(d) Pay her bride-price.

2. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?
(a) She says that she will move to Lagos, where she can use these machines.
(b) She says that he is lying and that these things do not exist.
(c) She says that she will marry him if he can get her these machines.
(d) She says that he will turn their whole world upside down.

3. What mysterious object does Sadiku have wrapped up in the beginning of "Night"?
(a) A statue of Baroka.
(b) A drum.
(c) A sacrifice to Sango.
(d) Part of Sidi's bride-price.

4. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?
(a) He says it makes her look like a beast of burden.
(b) He says it is bad for her spine.
(c) He says it is the way men, not women, carry things.
(d) He says it is an example of how women are discriminated against.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sidi mentions that Baroka has not fathered any children for the past two years, what does Baroka say he suspects?

2. What is happening onstage while Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption?

3. When Sidi enters Baroka's house, what is Baroka doing?

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

5. Why does Baroka claim there are no servants in the palace when Sidi arrives?

(see the answer key)

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