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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What question do the other body parts present to Arms and Legs to pin them against one another?
(a) Who is smarter.
(b) Who is stronger.
(c) Who is prettier.
(d) Who is thinner.

3. Who is said to have walked on arms and legs at the start of the story?
(a) Dinosaurs.
(b) Fish.
(c) Humans.
(d) Rabbits.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Arms brags that which part of them are superior to the Toes?

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

3. For how long do Arms and Legs debate which of them is better?

4. What body parts are described as being closer than other organs?

5. Where does the contest between Legs and Arms take place?

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