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

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

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

4. What aspect of the hand is said to have been different than hands today?
(a) Humans had two thumbs.
(b) The thumb was close to the fingers like the big toe.
(c) Humans did not have thumbs.
(d) Humans had only three fingers.

5. What phrase is used to describe what the other body parts no longer wanted to lend to Arms and Legs?
(a) Their secret powers.
(b) Their singular beauty.
(c) Their sensory expertise.
(d) Their special genius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of Legs' and Arms' corresponding parts?

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

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

4. Which body part suggested a contest between Arms and Legs?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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