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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is happening onstage while Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption?
(a) Actors recreate a pantomimed version of his story.
(b) Baroka is hiding behind a market stall, listening.
(c) Schoolboys hang out the window of the school, mocking Lakunle.
(d) The man from Lagos has reappeared.

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

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

5. What important piece of information does Sadiku give Sidi as a reason to marry Baroka?
(a) Baroka has promised that Sidi will be his last wife.
(b) Baroka has promised to divorce all of his other wives.
(c) Baroka will take her as a concubine if she does not agree to marry him.
(d) Baroka is willing to pay double the expected bride-price.

6. When Lakunle calls Sidi, "My Ruth, my Rachel, Esther, Bathsheba," (20), whom is he comparing Sidi to?
(a) Important women in the Bible.
(b) The heroines of famous Western novels.
(c) Famous Ethiopian actresses.
(d) His own sisters.

7. Near the end of "Noon," why does Baroka start talking about winning a log-tossing match and hunting leopards?
(a) Sadiku is teasing him about getting older.
(b) He is anxious to prove that he is still masculine and powerful.
(c) Sadiku has asked him what she can tell Sidi to persuade Sidi to marry him.
(d) He is trying to impress Sadiku, because he is afraid that she does not love him.

8. What additional request does Sadiku make of Sidi, after Sidi turns down Baroka's proposal?
(a) She asks Sidi to come to dinner at Baroka's house.
(b) She asks Sidi not to tell anyone about Baroka's proposal.
(c) She asks Sidi to at least think about it overnight.
(d) She asks Sidi to come to Baroka's house to tell him her answer in person.

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

10. Whom does Baroka call "the queen of them all" (31)?
(a) Sidi.
(b) The Favorite.
(c) Sadiku.
(d) Ailatu.

11. Near the end of "Noon," what does Sadiku say that angers Baroka?
(a) Sadiku does not want him to take another wife.
(b) Sadiku does not trust the Favorite to take care of him.
(c) Sidi thinks he is too old.
(d) Sidi will not marry him.

12. In the opening of "Noon," what is Sidi doing while Sadiku tries to talk to her?
(a) Carrying firewood.
(b) Arguing with Lakunle.
(c) Carrying water.
(d) Looking at her pictures in the magazine.

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

14. What job does Baroka give to his favorite wife?
(a) Carrying messages for him.
(b) Pulling his underarm hairs.
(c) Serving him at dinner.
(d) Rubbing his feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Noon," what example of Baroka's corruption does Lakunle give?

2. What is Sadiku's response to Sidi's refusal of Baroka's proposal?

3. What is the setting for the opening of "Noon"?

4. When Sidi says that Sadiku has a "honey tongue," (20), what literary technique is being used?

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

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