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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 an example of how women are discriminated against.
(c) He says it is bad for her spine.
(d) He says it is the way men, not women, carry things.

4. Who is the village schoolmaster?
(a) Soyinka.
(b) Baroka.
(c) Lakunle.
(d) Sadiku.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ogun?

2. What is the setting for the opening of "Noon"?

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

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

5. What news does Sadiku bring to Sidi in the opening of "Noon"?

(see the answer key)

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