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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 custom does Sadiku mention to tempt Sidi to marry Baroka?
(a) Younger siblings waiting to marry until older siblings marry.
(b) The new Bale inheriting the old Bale's wife.
(c) Prominent men having several wives.
(d) The gifts and money that her family will receive.

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

3. 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 is one of the few characters whose speech is not broken into poetic lines.
(d) Sadiku's speech is densely packed with double-meanings and metaphors.

4. 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.

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

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. Whom does Baroka call "the queen of them all" (31)?

4. To what part of a lion does Sidi compare Baroka when she speaks with Sadiku?

5. What important piece of information does Sadiku give Sidi as a reason to marry Baroka?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. Describe Baroka's bedroom.

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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