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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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) Shops and valleys and up and down mountains.
(c) Cafes and malls and across the street.
(d) Shops and markets and up and down trees.

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

12. What are some of Legs' and Arms' corresponding parts?
(a) Hips and hands.
(b) Ankles and hips.
(c) Shoulders and hips.
(d) Shoulders and knees.

13. 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.

14. How is Legs and Arms relationship described?
(a) Dynamic and efficacious.
(b) Diplomatic and easygoing.
(c) Discordant and enraging.
(d) Democratic and egalitarian.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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