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

2. What expression is used for the time the story describes at the start?
(a) Far into the future.
(b) Present-day.
(c) In the no so distant past.
(d) A long time ago.

3. Which insects "sang all the time" (25) at the contest between Arms and Legs?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Bees.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Flies.

4. Which creatures gathered at the contest first?
(a) The water dwellers.
(b) The four-legged animals.
(c) The two-leggeds.
(d) Insects.

5. With what phrase does the story begin?
(a) In a far away land.
(b) In a far away time.
(c) Once upon a time.
(d) Long ago and far away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aside from essential functions, what other things are "divided accordingly" (53) once humans walk upright?

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

3. 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)?

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

5. What does Ears do during the contest?

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