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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 does Sidi suggest that Lakunle should do if he does not like the village?
(a) Move.
(b) Work to change it.
(c) Learn to see it in a new way.
(d) Suffer in silence.

2. What confession does Baroka make to Sadiku that he says he has told no one else?
(a) He is afraid he is becoming impotent.
(b) He is ready to step down as Bale.
(c) He regrets his most recent marriage.
(d) He does not actually love Sidi.

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

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

5. When Lakunle calls Sidi, "My Ruth, my Rachel, Esther, Bathsheba," (20), whom is he comparing Sidi to?
(a) Famous Ethiopian actresses.
(b) The heroines of famous Western novels.
(c) Important women in the Bible.
(d) His own sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village?

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

3. In the opening of "Noon," what is Sidi doing while Sadiku tries to talk to her?

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

5. What job does Baroka give to his favorite wife?

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