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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What custom does Sadiku mention to tempt Sidi to marry Baroka?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Baroka's bedroom.

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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