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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is said to have walked on arms and legs at the start of the story?

3. What are some of the places Legs and Arms were said to help carry the body?

4. What does Ears do during the contest?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are three animals humans were said to be faster than at the start of the story?

2. Why do the other body parts begin to envy Legs and Arms and what do they do as a result?

3. How are each of the organs on "maximum alert" (19) during the contest?

4. In what ways are Humans said to be "just like all the other four-limbed creatures" (1) at the start of the story?

5. Who decides there should be a contest and what solution does he come up with regarding what the contest will be?

6. What does Tongue do to create conflict between Legs and Arms?

7. What do legs and arms think of each other as and how do they work together at the start of the story?

8. What uses are Legs and Arms able to borrow from other organs like mouth, nose, and eyes?

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