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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lakunle hears Baroka's plans for Sidi, what does he say about Baroka?
(a) He is greedy.
(b) He is jealous.
(c) He is corrupt.
(d) He is generous.

2. When Sidi says that Sadiku has a "honey tongue," (20), what literary technique is being used?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Personification.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Metonymy.

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

4. What kind of school does Lakunle wish the village had?
(a) Vocational.
(b) Visual arts.
(c) Foreign languages.
(d) Ballroom dancing.

5. Near the end of "Noon," what does Sadiku say that angers Baroka?
(a) Sadiku does not trust the Favorite to take care of him.
(b) Sadiku does not want him to take another wife.
(c) Sidi will not marry him.
(d) Sidi thinks he is too old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?

2. When Lakunle learns that Sidi has lost her virginity to Baroka, what is his response?

3. How does Sadiku suggest that Lakunle save the bride-price for Sidi?

4. What question does Baroka pretend that he has not asked?

5. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?

(see the answer key)

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