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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Morning".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?
(a) The English alphabet.
(b) The times tables.
(c) A Nigerian folktale.
(d) English greetings.

2. When the play opens, who has Sidi promised to marry?
(a) Lakunle.
(b) The lost traveller.
(c) The photographer.
(d) Baroka.

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

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

5. What is the formal title of the village leader?
(a) Ilujinle.
(b) Alakowe.
(c) Bale.
(d) Baba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?

2. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?

3. How did Sidi meet the "lost Traveller"?

4. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?

5. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?

(see the answer key)

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