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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the formal title of the village leader?
(a) Bale.
(b) Baba.
(c) Alakowe.
(d) Ilujinle.

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

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

5. Who is Sidi?
(a) The best friend of the "jewel" of the village.
(b) The senior wife of the village leader.
(c) The favorite wife of the village leader.
(d) The "jewel" of the village.

6. 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.

7. Who is the village schoolmaster?
(a) Lakunle.
(b) Sadiku.
(c) Baroka.
(d) Soyinka.

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

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

10. What is Sidi carrying in the opening of the play?
(a) Books.
(b) Rice.
(c) Water.
(d) A magazine.

11. What is the name of the village?
(a) Ilujinle.
(b) Alakowe..
(c) Bale.
(d) Baba.

12. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?
(a) Platform shoes.
(b) Army boots.
(c) Formal black shoes.
(d) White sneakers.

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

14. When Lakunle talks about machines that will someday help women with their work, what is Sidi's reply?
(a) She says that he is lying and that these things do not exist.
(b) She says that she will marry him if he can get her these machines.
(c) She says that he will turn their whole world upside down.
(d) She says that she will move to Lagos, where she can use these machines.

15. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?
(a) She is pointing out that he is making himself an outsider.
(b) Lakunle asks Sidi for the role because he is trying to get back on her good side.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?

4. 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?

5. What "modern" custom does Lakunle try to force on Sidi?

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