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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting for the opening of "Noon"?
(a) Baroka's house.
(b) The village square.
(c) The countryside outside the village.
(d) A road near the market.

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

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

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

5. To what part of a lion does Sidi compare Baroka when she speaks with Sadiku?
(a) Its hind-quarters.
(b) Its claws.
(c) Its mane.
(d) Its teeth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Sadiku?

3. What is Sadiku's response to Sidi's refusal of Baroka's proposal?

4. Whom does Baroka call "the queen of them all" (31)?

5. What confession does Baroka make to Sadiku that he says he has told no one else?

(see the answer key)

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