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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 19 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Legs and Arms think of each other as prior to the upright revolution?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Cousins.
(d) BFFs.

3. Who wrote The Upright Revolution, or Why Humans Walk Upright?
(a) Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
(b) Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ.
(c) Ngugi wa Mirii.
(d) Mũkoma wa Thiong'o.

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

5. What does Legs say about Arms' "long slim fingers" (16).
(a) They are clearly starving.
(b) They are useless.
(c) They are quite useful.
(d) They are too long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of the hand is said to have been different than hands today?

2. With what phrase does the story begin?

3. What phrase is used to describe what the other body parts no longer wanted to lend to Arms and Legs?

4. What does Ears do during the contest?

5. What is Tongue ready to do during the contest?

(see the answer key)

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