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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sidi not want to spend any time alone with Baroka?
(a) She finds him too disgusting to be alone with him.
(b) She has heard that he is extremely corrupt.
(c) She is worried that he will compromise her honor.
(d) She is worried about his reputation for violence.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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 greedy.
(d) He is corrupt.

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

9. What is ironic about Sidi saying that Sadiku has a "honey tongue" (20)?
(a) Sadiku is the only character who actually cares about Sidi.
(b) Sadiku is obviously lying to 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.

10. 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.

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

12. What news does Sadiku bring to Sidi in the opening of "Noon"?
(a) The photographer wants more pictures of her.
(b) A man in Lagos wishes to marry her.
(c) She has been offered a job in Lagos.
(d) Baroka wishes to marry her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What additional request does Sadiku make of Sidi, after Sidi turns down Baroka's proposal?

2. In the opening of "Noon," to what does Sidi compare Lakunle?

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

4. When Sidi says that Sadiku has a "honey tongue," (20), what literary technique is being used?

5. Whom does Sidi credit with having taught her to value herself and think critically about her choices?

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