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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hands do on their second attempt at completing Legs' challenge?
(a) Ask Legs for help.
(b) Make a fist.
(c) Spread their fingers out better.
(d) Go very, very slowly.

2. Who "showed off their slim looks" (32) after Legs was unsuccessful in the challenge?
(a) Ankles.
(b) Eyelashes.
(c) Arms.
(d) Toes.

3. What issue did Nose encounter when Hands turned the body upside down?
(a) Dust entered and caused it to sneeze.
(b) Too much air got into it making it difficult to breath.
(c) Nose did not know how to breathe while upside down.
(d) Bugs got into it and tickled the nostrils.

4. Which contest spectators are said to be bowing?
(a) The trees.
(b) Rhinos.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Gorilla.

5. What does Legs challenge Arms to do in the contest?
(a) Legs challenges that Hands should carry the whole body from one part of the circle to the other.
(b) Legs challenges that Arms should skip around the spectators' circle.
(c) Legs challenges that Arms should run from one side of the forest to the other.
(d) Legs challenges that Hands should ride a bicycle around the circle of spectators.

6. What issue does Eyes have while Hands tries to complete the challenge?
(a) They can see nothing but the ground.
(b) They are distracted looking at all the feet and hooves.
(c) They cannot seem to open once upside down.
(d) They are getting too much dust in them.

7. Who begins to laugh after Arms second failed attempt at completing the challenge?
(a) Heels.
(b) Knees.
(c) Toes.
(d) Ankles.

8. What do the four-legged creatures carry with them to show they come in peace?
(a) Yellow ribbons.
(b) White poppies.
(c) Green branches.
(d) White doves.

9. What problem did Hands encounter when they succeeded at turning the body upside down?
(a) The heat from the ground made it impossible to stay like that for long.
(b) A four-legged stepped on them causing the Body to topple over.
(c) They could barely move.
(d) They hurt from the gravel below.

10. What creature runs around and refuses to settle down at the contest between Arms and Legs?
(a) Peacock.
(b) Chameleon.
(c) Worm.
(d) Lizard.

11. Who presents the first challenge at the contest?
(a) Arms.
(b) Mouth.
(c) Legs.
(d) Brain.

12. Which body part began the contest with a song?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Ears.
(c) Brain.
(d) Mouth.

13. Which body "part borrowed sound from Mouth and laughed and laughed” (32) at Legs?
(a) Fingers.
(b) Wrists.
(c) Shoulders.
(d) Elbows.

14. What is Legs challenged to do at the contest?
(a) Pick up a piece of wood and throw it.
(b) Sew a blanket.
(c) Cook a meal.
(d) Type a letter.

15. What happens after Hands manages to move the Body a few steps once upside down?
(a) Arms and Hands cry out in pain and fall.
(b) Arms are declared the winner.
(c) Legs kicks in fury and the Body falls.
(d) A four-legged steps on them causing the Body to topple over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the types of water-dwellers who come to the contest?

2. Who carried word of the contest across the forest, water, and air?

3. Which insects "sang all the time" (25) at the contest between Arms and Legs?

4. What do the spectators do after Arms shows off their capabilities, which upsets Legs?

5. Who are among the four-legged animals who came to the contest?

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