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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the hypothetical suitor that Sidi discusses with Baroka?
(a) Lakunle.
(b) Someone she has invented to make Baroka jealous.
(c) The stranger from Lagos.
(d) Baroka himself.

2. Besides her own beauty, what does Sidi point out to Sadiku about the photographs?
(a) The village is small and poor.
(b) Baroka is old and unattractive.
(c) Lakunle is the most handsome man in the village.
(d) They will earn her a husband from Lagos.

3. What does Lakunle say is true about women's intelligence?
(a) They have smaller and less capable brains.
(b) They are men's intellectual equals.
(c) They are better at strategy than men are.
(d) They are good at talking, but not good at math.

4. What does Sadiku say will happen to Lakunle if he stays for the women's ritual?
(a) He will lose his mind.
(b) They will tell Baroka.
(c) He will become one of the women.
(d) They will chop him up and sacrifice him.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Baroka is angrily defending himself from the rumors about the pepper and ground corn, what is Sidi doing?

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

3. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?

4. What is the name of the previous Bale, Baroka's father?

5. When Sidi returns to the clearing, what does Sadiku learn?

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