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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some other corresponding parts on Legs and Arms?
(a) Shoulders and hands.
(b) Ankles and hips.
(c) Elbows and knees.
(d) Hips and wrists.

2. What did Legs and Arms help the body do in the water?
(a) Doggie paddle.
(b) Stay afloat or swim or dive.
(c) Surf or scuba dive.
(d) Backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke.

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

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

5. Which body part "borrowed" (15) and put to action the plan against Legs and Arms?
(a) Tongue.
(b) Ears.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do other body parts become "green with envy" with regard to Legs' and Arms' relationship?

2. What are some of Legs' and Arms' corresponding parts?

3. What is one creature humans are said to have been faster than at the start of the story?

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

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

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