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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of the places Legs and Arms were said to help carry the body?
(a) Stores and movies and down the street.
(b) Cafes and malls and across the street.
(c) Shops and markets and up and down trees.
(d) Shops and valleys and up and down mountains.

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

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

4. For how long do Arms and Legs debate which of them is better?
(a) Months.
(b) Years.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

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

6. Arms brags that which part of them are superior to the Toes?
(a) Wrists.
(b) Elbows.
(c) Shoulders.
(d) Fingers.

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

8. What body part developed the plan to put Legs and Arms against each other?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Mouth.
(c) Tongue.
(d) Brain.

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

10. What phrase is used to describe what the other body parts no longer wanted to lend to Arms and Legs?
(a) Their special genius.
(b) Their sensory expertise.
(c) Their singular beauty.
(d) Their secret powers.

11. What did Legs and Arms think of each other as prior to the upright revolution?
(a) BFFs.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Brothers.

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

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

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

15. What body parts are described as being closer than other organs?
(a) Legs and Arms.
(b) Eyes and ears.
(c) Mouths and toes.
(d) Heads and feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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