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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second setting in the "Noon" section of the play?
(a) Sidi's home.
(b) The schoolhouse.
(c) Baroka's bedroom.
(d) Baroka's dining room.

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

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

4. In the opening of "Night," where is Sidi?
(a) Shopping in the market.
(b) Inside the schoolhouse.
(c) On a village road.
(d) In Baroka's bedroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of transportation does Lakunle say he wants to bring to the village?

3. When Sidi mentions that Baroka has not fathered any children for the past two years, what does Baroka say he suspects?

4. What additional request does Sadiku make of Sidi, after Sidi turns down Baroka's proposal?

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

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