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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 42 - 59 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of the functions of the Hands once humans walk upright?
(a) Tennis and shot put.
(b) Baseball and badminton.
(c) Sewing and writing.
(d) Baseball and basketball.

2. Where does the contest between Legs and Arms take place?
(a) In a valley.
(b) In the marketplace.
(c) In a clearing in the forest.
(d) On the beach.

3. What use can Legs and Arms borrow from Mouth?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Eating.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Breathing.

4. At the end of the story, what is said to happen to humans who "see the body and the head as parties at war" (59)?
(a) They cannot think straight.
(b) They become extinct.
(c) They become more like animals.
(d) They walk on all fours.

5. What are some of the places Legs and Arms were said to help carry the body?
(a) Shops and markets and up and down trees.
(b) Shops and valleys and up and down mountains.
(c) Stores and movies and down the street.
(d) Cafes and malls and across the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue did Nose encounter when Hands turned the body upside down?

2. Which body part came up with the idea for the contest?

3. What creatures are described as joining to watch the contest following the water-dwellers?

4. Who carried word of the contest across the forest, water, and air?

5. Once food was expelled from the body and enriched the soil, what happened?

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