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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 is Baroka jealous of Sidi?
(a) Sidi appears more times in the magazine.
(b) The villagers suggest that Sidi would make a better leader.
(c) Lakunle believes that Sidi is smarter than Baroka.
(d) Important people from Lagos want to meet Sidi.

2. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?
(a) Her clothes make her sad, now.
(b) The other villagers make fun of her.
(c) She can hardly breathe.
(d) She has trouble getting her work done.

3. 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.

4. What news does Sadiku bring to Sidi in the opening of "Noon"?
(a) She has been offered a job in Lagos.
(b) Baroka wishes to marry her.
(c) A man in Lagos wishes to marry her.
(d) The photographer wants more pictures of her.

5. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?
(a) He thinks they are ignorant savages.
(b) He thinks they are innocent and childlike.
(c) He thinks they are hard-working and clever.
(d) He thinks they are lazy and cruel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Sidi credit with having taught her to value herself and think critically about her choices?

3. In the opening of "Noon," to what does Sidi compare Lakunle?

4. Who is Sidi?

5. To whom does Sadiku pray on Sidi's behalf?

(see the answer key)

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