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

2. When Lakunle lists a large number of adjectives to describe their marriage customs, Sidi asks, "Is the bag empty? Why did you stop?" What literary technique is being used, here?
(a) Personification.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

3. Why does Lakunle object to Sidi carrying things on her head?
(a) He says it makes her look like a beast of burden.
(b) He says it is bad for her spine.
(c) He says it is the way men, not women, carry things.
(d) He says it is an example of how women are discriminated against.

4. Why does Baroka claim there are no servants in the palace when Sidi arrives?
(a) They have all run off.
(b) It is the day off required under their union agreement.
(c) He sent them away so that he could be alone with Sidi.
(d) They have gone to the evening market.

5. In the opening of "Night," where is Sidi?
(a) Inside the schoolhouse.
(b) In Baroka's bedroom.
(c) Shopping in the market.
(d) On a village road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baroka send Sidi to look for the Favorite's shawl?

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

3. In the beginning of "Night," when Sadiku addresses Baroka even though he is not present, what literary device is being employed?

4. When Sidi asks if Baroka has given his Favorite a reason to be displeased with him, what is she hinting at?

5. While Lakunle is telling his story about Baroka's corruption, what does Sidi do?

(see the answer key)

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