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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the opening of "Noon," to what does Sidi compare Lakunle?
(a) A schoolboy.
(b) A book.
(c) A lion.
(d) A eunuch.

3. What job does Baroka give to his favorite wife?
(a) Serving him at dinner.
(b) Rubbing his feet.
(c) Carrying messages for him.
(d) Pulling his underarm hairs.

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

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

6. What additional request does Sadiku make of Sidi, after Sidi turns down Baroka's proposal?
(a) She asks Sidi to at least think about it overnight.
(b) She asks Sidi not to tell anyone about Baroka's proposal.
(c) She asks Sidi to come to dinner at Baroka's house.
(d) She asks Sidi to come to Baroka's house to tell him her answer in person.

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

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

9. When Lakunle hears Baroka's plans for Sidi, what does he say about Baroka?
(a) He is generous.
(b) He is jealous.
(c) He is corrupt.
(d) He is greedy.

10. 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 lost her mind.
(c) She thinks that Sidi has become vain because of the photographs.
(d) She thinks that Sidi is being clever.

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

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

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

14. To whom does Sadiku pray on Sidi's behalf?
(a) Ogun.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) The Christian God.
(d) Sango.

15. Who is Sadiku?
(a) Baroka's senior wife.
(b) Sidi's mother.
(c) One of Baroka's concubines.
(d) Baroka's favorite wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To what part of a lion does Sidi compare Baroka when she speaks with Sadiku?

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

5. What is the second setting in the "Noon" section of the play?

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