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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some other corresponding parts on Legs and Arms?
(a) Ankles and hips.
(b) Elbows and knees.
(c) Shoulders and hands.
(d) Hips and wrists.

2. What question do the other body parts present to Arms and Legs to pin them against one another?
(a) Who is thinner.
(b) Who is smarter.
(c) Who is prettier.
(d) Who is stronger.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is one creature humans are said to have been faster than at the start of the story?
(a) Hares.
(b) Zebras.
(c) Sloths.
(d) Caterpillars.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other body parts begin to do as a result of their envy of Legs and Arms?

2. What did Legs and Arms help the body do in the water?

3. How is Legs and Arms relationship described?

4. What did Legs and Arms think of each other as prior to the upright revolution?

5. What does Ears do during the contest?

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