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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word is used to describe what "arrogant Fingers" thinks of Legs challenge to Arms?
(a) Juvenile.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Simple.
(d) Asinine.

3. Who are the types of water-dwellers who come to the contest?
(a) Fish, Camel, and Antelope.
(b) Fish, Antelope, and Hippo.
(c) Rhino, Crocodile, and Hippo.
(d) Crocodile, Hippo, Fish.

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

5. What move by Hands is disqualified because it needed Legs' assistance?
(a) A backbend.
(b) The quadrupedal.
(c) The crab walk.
(d) A cartwheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Hands manages to move the Body a few steps once upside down?

2. What does Hands do on their second attempt at completing Legs' challenge?

3. What is one of the creatures that "crawled bout on the ground or trees" (25) at the contest between Arms and Legs?

4. Who are among the two-legged spectators?

5. Which body part began the contest with a song?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Arms manage his challenge from Legs?

2. How does Legs handle his challenge from Arms?

3. Who carries word of the contest between arms and legs across the forest, the water, and the air?

4. What four-legged animals come to the contest between arms and legs?

5. Describe the song Mouth opens the contest with.

6. What is Legs' challenge to Arms at the contest?

7. What is different about the Chameleon and Lizard at the contest?

8. What do the four-legged carry with them to the contest and why?

9. Name three water dwellers that come to the contest.

10. What is Arms' challenge to Legs at the contest?

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