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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the types of water-dwellers who come to the contest?
(a) Rhino, Crocodile, and Hippo.
(b) Fish, Camel, and Antelope.
(c) Fish, Antelope, and Hippo.
(d) Crocodile, Hippo, Fish.

2. Which body "part borrowed sound from Mouth and laughed and laughed” (32) at Legs?
(a) Wrists.
(b) Elbows.
(c) Fingers.
(d) Shoulders.

3. Which part of the body took over once food entered the tummy?
(a) Stomach.
(b) Bladder.
(c) Intestines.
(d) Hands.

4. What does Legs challenge Arms to do in the contest?
(a) Legs challenges that Hands should ride a bicycle around the circle of spectators.
(b) Legs challenges that Arms should skip around the spectators' circle.
(c) Legs challenges that Arms should run from one side of the forest to the other.
(d) Legs challenges that Hands should carry the whole body from one part of the circle to the other.

5. What is another creature humans are said to have been faster than at the start of the story?
(a) Dinos.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Leopards.
(d) Sloths.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what phrase does the story begin?

3. What happens after Hands manages to move the Body a few steps once upside down?

4. What use can Legs and Arms borrow from Mouth?

5. Which body part began the contest with a song?

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