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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 8 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which body part came up with the idea for the contest?
(a) Mouth.
(b) Brain.
(c) Arms.
(d) Legs.
2. For how long do Arms and Legs debate which of them is better?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Days.
(c) Months.
(d) Years.
3. Who is said to have walked on arms and legs at the start of the story?
(a) Fish.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Dinosaurs.
(d) Humans.
4. 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 thinner.
(d) Who is prettier.
5. Who wrote The Upright Revolution, or Why Humans Walk Upright?
(a) Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ.
(b) Ngugi wa Mirii.
(c) Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
(d) Mũkoma wa Thiong'o.
Short Answer Questions
1. What phrase is used to describe what the other body parts no longer wanted to lend to Arms and Legs?
2. What does Ears do during the contest?
3. What do the other body parts begin to do as a result of their envy of Legs and Arms?
4. What did Legs and Arms help the body do in the water?
5. What use can Legs and Arms borrow from Nose?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do the other body parts begin to envy Legs and Arms and what do they do as a result?
2. What uses are Legs and Arms able to borrow from other organs like mouth, nose, and eyes?
3. Who decides there should be a contest and what solution does he come up with regarding what the contest will be?
4. What are three animals humans were said to be faster than at the start of the story?
5. In what ways are Humans said to be "just like all the other four-limbed creatures" (1) at the start of the story?
6. How are each of the organs on "maximum alert" (19) during the contest?
7. What does Tongue do to create conflict between Legs and Arms?
8. What do legs and arms think of each other as and how do they work together at the start of the story?
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