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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Night".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Sidi credit with having taught her to value herself and think critically about her choices?
(a) Lakunle and her mother.
(b) Lakunle and the stranger from Lagos.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) The stranger from Lagos and her father.

2. When Lakunle learns that Sidi has lost her virginity to Baroka, what is his response?
(a) He tells her that she disgusts him.
(b) He still wants to marry her.
(c) He faints in the middle of the village square.
(d) He decides to move away from the village.

3. In the end of the play, whom does Sidi marry?
(a) Baroka.
(b) No one--she decides to stay single.
(c) The man from Lagos.
(d) Lakunle.

4. What evidence does Sidi give that women are not the "weaker sex" (4)?
(a) They do a lot of hard physical labor.
(b) They are able to rule their households without social power.
(c) They are the ones who give birth.
(d) They are good in a crisis.

5. When Sidi returns to the clearing, what does Sadiku learn?
(a) Baroka has rejected Sidi.
(b) Baroka used her to trick Sidi.
(c) Baroka is demanding that she return to the palace immediately.
(d) Baroka wants to divorce her.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what object does Sadiku compare the men in Baroka's family?

2. While Sadiku tickles and rubs his feet, what does Baroka do?

3. Who is the village schoolmaster?

4. Who is the hypothetical suitor that Sidi discusses with Baroka?

5. How does Sadiku suggest that Lakunle save the bride-price for Sidi?

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