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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body part developed the plan to put Legs and Arms against each other?
(a) Brain.
(b) Tongue.
(c) Mouth.
(d) Eyes.

2. What use can Legs and Arms borrow from Mouth?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Eating.
(d) Snoring.

3. What are some of the places Legs and Arms were said to help carry the body?
(a) Stores and movies and down the street.
(b) Shops and valleys and up and down mountains.
(c) Shops and markets and up and down trees.
(d) Cafes and malls and across the street.

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

5. With what phrase does the story begin?
(a) Long ago and far away.
(b) In a far away time.
(c) In a far away land.
(d) Once upon a time.

6. 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 prettier.
(c) Who is smarter.
(d) Who is thinner.

7. What expression is used for the time the story describes at the start?
(a) Present-day.
(b) Far into the future.
(c) In the no so distant past.
(d) A long time ago.

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

9. What did Legs and Arms help the body do in the water?
(a) Stay afloat or swim or dive.
(b) Surf or scuba dive.
(c) Doggie paddle.
(d) Backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke.

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

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

12. What is another creature humans are said to have been faster than at the start of the story?
(a) Leopards.
(b) Sloths.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Dinos.

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

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

15. Why do other body parts become "green with envy" with regard to Legs' and Arms' relationship?
(a) Because they think they are better than other parts.
(b) Because they ignore the other body parts.
(c) Because they want to be able to walk and hold things.
(d) Because of their seamless coordination.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Legs say about Arms' "long slim fingers" (16).

3. What are some other corresponding parts on Legs and Arms?

4. What is Tongue ready to do during the contest?

5. What did Legs and Arms think of each other as prior to the upright revolution?

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