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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Morning".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sidi have Lakunle play the "lost Traveller" in their dance?
(a) Lakunle asks Sidi for the role because he is trying to get back on her good side.
(b) She feels bad for arguing with him earlier and wants to make it up to him.
(c) Lakunle is the best dancer in their village.
(d) She is pointing out that he is making himself an outsider.

2. What does Lakunle think of the villagers?
(a) He thinks they are ignorant savages.
(b) He thinks they are lazy and cruel.
(c) He thinks they are innocent and childlike.
(d) He thinks they are hard-working and clever.

3. What does Lakunle say that he wants a wife to be?
(a) Property.
(b) A servant.
(c) A partner.
(d) A leader.

4. What does Sidi suggest that Lakunle should do if he does not like the village?
(a) Learn to see it in a new way.
(b) Work to change it.
(c) Move.
(d) Suffer in silence.

5. What does Sidi fear will happen if she marries without following tradition?
(a) People will gossip that she was not a virgin when she married.
(b) Her parents will disown her.
(c) She will end up with a worthless husband.
(d) She will lose the status that she has as a leader in her village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ogun?

2. What does Sidi say a man has to do in order to marry her?

3. What is the name of the village?

4. Who plays the role of Baroka in the "dance of the lost Traveller"?

5. What are the village school children learning when the play opens?

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