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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of the hand is said to have been different than hands today?
(a) The thumb was close to the fingers like the big toe.
(b) Humans had two thumbs.
(c) Humans had only three fingers.
(d) Humans did not have thumbs.

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

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

4. What term is used to describe other creatures at the start of the story?
(a) Six-toed.
(b) Two-legged.
(c) Four-limbed.
(d) Three-footed.

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

6. What use can Legs and Arms borrow from Nose?
(a) Snoring.
(b) Smelling.
(c) Flaring.
(d) Sneezing.

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

8. What is the role of Eyes during the contest between Legs and Arms?
(a) To keep score.
(b) To scan the forest for any threat.
(c) To record the contest.
(d) To make sure nobody cheats.

9. What does Ears do during the contest?
(a) Tells everyone to stay silent.
(b) Keeps scores.
(c) Makes sure nobody aids Arms and Legs by instructing them.
(d) Primes themselves to hear the slightest sound.

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

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

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

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

14. Why do other body parts become "green with envy" with regard to Legs' and Arms' relationship?
(a) Because they ignore the other body parts.
(b) Because they want to be able to walk and hold things.
(c) Because they think they are better than other parts.
(d) Because of their seamless coordination.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are some other corresponding parts on Legs and Arms?

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

4. How is Legs and Arms relationship described?

5. What are some of the places Legs and Arms were said to help carry the body?

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