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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 42 - 59 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of the functions of the Mouth once humans walk upright?
(a) Eating, talking, blowing bubbles.
(b) Singing, talking, and laughing.
(c) Kissing, talking, and chewing.
(d) Singing, growling, and kissing.

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

3. In the song at the end of the story, what is beauty said to be?
(a) Unity.
(b) Our song.
(c) Fairness.
(d) Peace.

4. Which body part "borrowed" (15) and put to action the plan against Legs and Arms?
(a) Ears.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Brain.
(d) Tongue.

5. At the end of the story, what is said to happen to humans who "see the body and the head as parties at war" (59)?
(a) They cannot think straight.
(b) They become extinct.
(c) They walk on all fours.
(d) They become more like animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the other organs debate whether Legs or Arms was most powerful?

2. Which creatures gathered at the contest first?

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

4. What do the two-leggeds do to show their excitement?

5. What do the organs fear might happen once humans began to walk upright?

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