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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Night".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which word could reasonably be used to describe Lakunle's way of talking?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Pessimistic.
(c) Condescending.
(d) Respectful.

3. Why does Sidi decide to go to dinner with Baroka?
(a) Lakunle forbids her to go.
(b) She wants to taunt him.
(c) She has changed her mind about marrying him.
(d) Sadiku urges her to go.

4. To whom does Sadiku pray on Sidi's behalf?
(a) Ogun.
(b) Sango.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) The Christian God.

5. Who is Ogun?
(a) A Yoruba god.
(b) The "lost Traveller."
(c) The mayor of Lagos.
(d) The leader of a nearby village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the "lost Traveller" come from?

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

3. What mysterious object does Sadiku have wrapped up in the beginning of "Night"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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