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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Baroka call Sidi "my daughter"?
(a) He suspects that he might actually be her father.
(b) He wants to remind her of her father.
(c) Sidi teases him by calling him "father," so he is playing along.
(d) It is a custom to call everyone a generation younger "daughter" or "son."

2. What does the strange machine in Baroka's room turn out to be?
(a) A slot machine, for gambling.
(b) A voting machine.
(c) A machine to grind corn.
(d) A machine to make stamps.

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

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

5. When Sadiku addresses Baroka as "high and mighty lion," what literary device is being used?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Epithet.
(c) Simile.
(d) Synecdoche.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of "Noon," why does Baroka start talking about winning a log-tossing match and hunting leopards?

2. In "Noon," what example of Baroka's corruption does Lakunle give?

3. Who is the author of The Lion and the Jewel?

4. Who is the hypothetical suitor that Sidi discusses with Baroka?

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

(see the answer key)

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