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

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

3. While Sadiku tickles and rubs his feet, what does Baroka do?
(a) Asks her opinion about his marriage to Sidi.
(b) Tells her what a terrible job his newest wife is doing.
(c) Looks at his picture in the magazine.
(d) Reminds her of how young they were when they got married.

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

5. 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 come to Baroka's house to tell him her answer in person.
(d) She asks Sidi to at least think about it overnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening onstage while Lakunle tells the story of Baroka's corruption?

2. What custom does Sadiku mention to tempt Sidi to marry Baroka?

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

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

5. In the opening of "Noon," to what does Sidi compare Lakunle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Describe Baroka's bedroom.

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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