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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which body part came up with the idea for the contest?
(a) Legs.
(b) Brain.
(c) Arms.
(d) Mouth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What do the other body parts begin to do as a result of their envy of Legs and Arms?
(a) They create a body that does not need arms and legs.
(b) They shut down.
(c) They ignore legs and arms requests.
(d) They begin to plot against legs and arms.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the role of Eyes during the contest between Legs and Arms?

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

3. How is Legs and Arms relationship described?

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

5. What does Ears do during the contest?

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