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

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of "Noon," why does Baroka start talking about winning a log-tossing match and hunting leopards?

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

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

4. What job does Baroka give to his favorite wife?

5. When Lakunle hears Baroka's plans for Sidi, what does he say about Baroka?

Short Essay Questions

1. What argument does Sadiku present to Sidi for marrying Baroka?

2. When Sadiku conveys Sidi's refusal to Baroka, what is his first reaction, and what changes his feelings?

3. When the scene in "Noon" shifts to Baroka's bedroom, what is his favorite wife doing, and how does she use this task to communicate her feelings?

4. When Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption, what conflicting emotions does he display?

5. What is Sidi's reasoning for turning down the proposal that Baroka sends to her through Sadiku?

6. What evidence is there in "Noon" that there might be genuine affection between Baroka and Sadiku?

7. Describe Baroka's bedroom.

8. Explain how Baroka diverted the railroad, and why.

9. When Sidi says, "The stranger took my beauty/and placed it in my hands" (20), what claim is she making for the power of the photographs?

10. When, in the beginning of "Noon," Lakunle compares Sidi to women in the Bible, what message is he trying to send, and what is Sidi's response?

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