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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Baroka jealous of Sidi?
(a) Important people from Lagos want to meet Sidi.
(b) Sidi appears more times in the magazine.
(c) Lakunle believes that Sidi is smarter than Baroka.
(d) The villagers suggest that Sidi would make a better leader.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lakunle say that he wants a wife to be?

3. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?

4. What kind of shoes is Lakune wearing with his suit?

5. What is the name of the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sidi feel about Lakunle's modern ideas?

2. What are the qualities that Lakunle thinks of as "civilized"?

3. What is the contradiction in Lakunle's view of women?

4. What is the "dance of the lost Traveller," and who plays the Traveller?

5. When the play opens, what is the understanding between Sidi and Lakunle regarding marriage?

6. What response does Baroka have to the magazine featuring pictures of the village?

7. What happens with Lakunle when Baroka interrupts the dance?

8. What does Lakunle think of Baroka?

9. How did the "lost Traveller" come to be in the village?

10. Describe the setting in which the play opens.

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