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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is happening onstage while Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption?
(a) Baroka is hiding behind a market stall, listening.
(b) Actors recreate a pantomimed version of his story.
(c) The man from Lagos has reappeared.
(d) Schoolboys hang out the window of the school, mocking Lakunle.

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

3. What is ironic about Sidi saying that Sadiku has a "honey tongue" (20)?
(a) Sadiku is obviously lying to Sidi.
(b) Sadiku is the only character who actually cares about Sidi.
(c) Sadiku's speech is densely packed with double-meanings and metaphors.
(d) Sadiku is one of the few characters whose speech is not broken into poetic lines.

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

5. Whom does Sidi credit with having taught her to value herself and think critically about her choices?
(a) Her mother and father.
(b) Lakunle and the stranger from Lagos.
(c) Lakunle and her mother.
(d) The stranger from Lagos and her father.

6. Near the end of "Noon," why does Baroka start talking about winning a log-tossing match and hunting leopards?
(a) Sadiku has asked him what she can tell Sidi to persuade Sidi to marry him.
(b) Sadiku is teasing him about getting older.
(c) He is trying to impress Sadiku, because he is afraid that she does not love him.
(d) He is anxious to prove that he is still masculine and powerful.

7. While Sadiku tickles and rubs his feet, what does Baroka do?
(a) Looks at his picture in the magazine.
(b) Reminds her of how young they were when they got married.
(c) Asks her opinion about his marriage to Sidi.
(d) Tells her what a terrible job his newest wife is doing.

8. What is the second setting in the "Noon" section of the play?
(a) Baroka's dining room.
(b) Baroka's bedroom.
(c) The schoolhouse.
(d) Sidi's home.

9. Whom does Baroka call "the queen of them all" (31)?
(a) The Favorite.
(b) Sadiku.
(c) Ailatu.
(d) Sidi.

10. To what part of a lion does Sidi compare Baroka when she speaks with Sadiku?
(a) Its teeth.
(b) Its claws.
(c) Its hind-quarters.
(d) Its mane.

11. What is Sadiku's response to Sidi's refusal of Baroka's proposal?
(a) She thinks that Sidi is only pretending to refuse.
(b) She thinks that Sidi has become vain because of the photographs.
(c) She thinks that Sidi has lost her mind.
(d) She thinks that Sidi is being clever.

12. What important piece of information does Sadiku give Sidi as a reason to marry Baroka?
(a) Baroka has promised to divorce all of his other wives.
(b) Baroka will take her as a concubine if she does not agree to marry him.
(c) Baroka has promised that Sidi will be his last wife.
(d) Baroka is willing to pay double the expected bride-price.

13. While Lakunle is telling his story about Baroka's corruption, what does Sidi do?
(a) Sneaks away.
(b) Argues with him about the truth of his story.
(c) Stands very still, looking upset and shocked.
(d) Laughs and adds details to the story.

14. When Lakunle calls Sidi, "My Ruth, my Rachel, Esther, Bathsheba," (20), whom is he comparing Sidi to?
(a) Famous Ethiopian actresses.
(b) The heroines of famous Western novels.
(c) Important women in the Bible.
(d) His own sisters.

15. What custom does Sadiku mention to tempt Sidi to marry Baroka?
(a) The gifts and money that her family will receive.
(b) Younger siblings waiting to marry until older siblings marry.
(c) The new Bale inheriting the old Bale's wife.
(d) Prominent men having several wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Noon," what example of Baroka's corruption does Lakunle give?

2. What news does Sadiku bring to Sidi in the opening of "Noon"?

3. What is the setting for the opening of "Noon"?

4. What confession does Baroka make to Sadiku that he says he has told no one else?

5. Besides her own beauty, what does Sidi point out to Sadiku about the photographs?

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