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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sidi not want to spend any time alone with Baroka?
(a) She has heard that he is extremely corrupt.
(b) She is worried that he will compromise her honor.
(c) She is worried about his reputation for violence.
(d) She finds him too disgusting to be alone with him.

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 marry him if he can get her these machines.
(b) She says that he will turn their whole world upside down.
(c) She says that she will move to Lagos, where she can use these machines.
(d) She says that he is lying and that these things do not exist.

3. What additional request does Sadiku make of Sidi, after Sidi turns down Baroka's proposal?
(a) She asks Sidi not to tell anyone about Baroka's proposal.
(b) She asks Sidi to at least think about it overnight.
(c) She asks Sidi to come to dinner at Baroka's house.
(d) She asks Sidi to come to Baroka's house to tell him her answer in person.

4. What kind of transportation does Lakunle say he wants to bring to the village?
(a) A railroad.
(b) An airport.
(c) A road for cars.
(d) Buses.

5. When Sidi says that Sadiku has a "honey tongue," (20), what literary technique is being used?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synechdoche.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Sadiku?

3. What is ironic about Sidi saying that Sadiku has a "honey tongue" (20)?

4. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?

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

(see the answer key)

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