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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 custom does Lakunle want to get rid of?
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Tea drinking.
(c) Having a hereditary leader.
(d) Judging women based on their looks.

2. What does Lakunle imply is usually responsible for women's strange behavior?
(a) The cycling of the moon.
(b) A lack of intelligence.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Their husbands' treatment of them.

3. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?
(a) Her parents will disown her.
(b) People will gossip that she was not a virgin when she married.
(c) She will lose the status that she has as a leader in her village.
(d) She will end up with a worthless husband.

4. When Sidi returns to the clearing, what does Sadiku learn?
(a) Baroka has rejected Sidi.
(b) Baroka wants to divorce her.
(c) Baroka used her to trick Sidi.
(d) Baroka is demanding that she return to the palace immediately.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sidi mentions that Baroka has not fathered any children for the past two years, what does Baroka say he suspects?

2. How do the villagers feel about Lakunle?

3. Why does Sidi not want to spend any time alone with Baroka?

4. What does the strange machine in Baroka's room turn out to be?

5. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?

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