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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?
(a) She feels bad for arguing with him earlier and wants to make it up to him.
(b) She is pointing out that he is making himself an outsider.
(c) Lakunle asks Sidi for the role because he is trying to get back on her good side.
(d) Lakunle is the best dancer in their village.

3. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?
(a) She will end up with a worthless husband.
(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) Her parents will disown her.

4. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?
(a) The villagers suggest that Sidi would make a better leader.
(b) Lakunle believes that Sidi is smarter than Baroka.
(c) Sidi appears more times in the magazine.
(d) Important people from Lagos want to meet Sidi.

5. When the play opens, who has Sidi promised to marry?
(a) Lakunle.
(b) The photographer.
(c) The lost traveller.
(d) Baroka.

6. How did Sidi meet the "lost Traveller"?
(a) He fell in the river trying to sneak a picture of Sidi bathing.
(b) His car broke down and he stopped Sidi to ask for help.
(c) He passed out from drinking and Sidi is the one her found him.
(d) He came to the village on assignment for his magazine and Sidi was pointed out as the "jewel" of the village.

7. What "modern" custom does Lakunle try to force on Sidi?
(a) Holding hands.
(b) Shaking hands.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Hugging.

8. What does Lakunle say is true about women's intelligence?
(a) They have smaller and less capable brains.
(b) They are better at strategy than men are.
(c) They are good at talking, but not good at math.
(d) They are men's intellectual equals.

9. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?
(a) A Nigerian folktale.
(b) The times tables.
(c) The English alphabet.
(d) English greetings.

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

11. Who is Ogun?
(a) The "lost Traveller."
(b) A Yoruba god.
(c) The mayor of Lagos.
(d) The leader of a nearby village.

12. Where does the "lost Traveller" come from?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) England.
(c) A nearby village.
(d) Lagos.

13. How do the villagers feel about Lakunle?
(a) They think he has done great things for their village.
(b) They respect and fear him.
(c) They admire his education but think that he is corrupt.
(d) They think he is strange and full of silly, pretentious ideas.

14. What does Lakunle say that he wants a wife to be?
(a) A servant.
(b) A partner.
(c) Property.
(d) A leader.

15. What does Lakunle say is inappropriate about the way Sidi is dressed?
(a) It is too masculine.
(b) It is old-fashioned.
(c) It is eccentric.
(d) It is immodest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?

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?

3. What is the formal title of the village leader?

4. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?

5. What is the name of the village?

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