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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Besides her own beauty, what does Sidi point out to Sadiku about the photographs?
(a) Baroka is old and unattractive.
(b) They will earn her a husband from Lagos.
(c) The village is small and poor.
(d) Lakunle is the most handsome man in the village.

8. 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) He is trying to impress Sadiku, because he is afraid that she does not love him.
(c) Sadiku is teasing him about getting older.
(d) He is anxious to prove that he is still masculine and powerful.

9. What confession does Baroka make to Sadiku that he says he has told no one else?
(a) He does not actually love Sidi.
(b) He is afraid he is becoming impotent.
(c) He regrets his most recent marriage.
(d) He is ready to step down as Bale.

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

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

12. 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) Lakunle and her mother.
(d) Her mother and father.

13. 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.

14. What is the setting for the opening of "Noon"?
(a) The countryside outside the village.
(b) Baroka's house.
(c) The village square.
(d) A road near the market.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Sadiku pray on Sidi's behalf?

2. Near the end of "Noon," what does Sadiku say that angers Baroka?

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

4. Why does Sidi not want to spend any time alone with Baroka?

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

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