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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the village schoolmaster?
(a) Sadiku.
(b) Soyinka.
(c) Baroka.
(d) Lakunle.
2. What does Lakunle say is true about women's intelligence?
(a) They have smaller and less capable brains.
(b) They are good at talking, but not good at math.
(c) They are better at strategy than men are.
(d) They are men's intellectual equals.
3. Who is Ogun?
(a) The leader of a nearby village.
(b) The mayor of Lagos.
(c) A Yoruba god.
(d) The "lost Traveller."
4. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?
(a) Platform shoes.
(b) White sneakers.
(c) Formal black shoes.
(d) Army boots.
5. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?
(a) Lakunle asks Sidi for the role because he is trying to get back on her good side.
(b) She is pointing out that he is making himself an outsider.
(c) Lakunle is the best dancer in their village.
(d) She feels bad for arguing with him earlier and wants to make it up to him.
6. What is the name of the village?
(a) Baba.
(b) Alakowe..
(c) Bale.
(d) Ilujinle.
7. What does Sidi suggest that Lakunle should do if he does not like the village?
(a) Suffer in silence.
(b) Work to change it.
(c) Move.
(d) Learn to see it in a new way.
8. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?
(a) Become a leader.
(b) Kill a lion.
(c) Pay her bride-price.
(d) Speak with her father.
9. Who plays the role of Baroka in the "dance of the lost Traveller"?
(a) Sadiku.
(b) Baroka.
(c) Soyinka.
(d) Sidi.
10. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?
(a) English greetings.
(b) A Nigerian folktale.
(c) The English alphabet.
(d) The times tables.
11. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?
(a) A magazine.
(b) Rice.
(c) Water.
(d) Books.
12. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?
(a) Lakunle believes that Sidi is smarter than Baroka.
(b) Sidi appears more times in the magazine.
(c) The villagers suggest that Sidi would make a better leader.
(d) Important people from Lagos want to meet Sidi.
13. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?
(a) They are good in a crisis.
(b) They are the ones who give birth.
(c) They do a lot of hard physical labor.
(d) They are able to rule their households without social power.
14. How do the villagers feel about Lakunle?
(a) They admire his education but think that he is corrupt.
(b) They respect and fear him.
(c) They think he has done great things for their village.
(d) They think he is strange and full of silly, pretentious ideas.
15. Sidi has already changed the way she dresses for Lakunle. What does she say is the consequence of this change?
(a) The other villagers make fun of her.
(b) She can hardly breathe.
(c) She has trouble getting her work done.
(d) Her clothes make her sad, now.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the formal title of the village leader?
2. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?
3. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?
4. What "modern" custom does Lakunle try to force on Sidi?
5. Which word could reasonably be used to describe Lakunle's way of talking?
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