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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the spectators do after Arms shows off their capabilities, which upsets Legs?

2. What do the four-legged creatures carry with them to show they come in peace?

3. What move by Hands is disqualified because it needed Legs' assistance?

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

5. What word is used to describe what "arrogant Fingers" thinks of Legs challenge to Arms?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Legs handle his challenge from Arms?

2. How does Arms respond to how Legs handles his challenge at the contest?

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

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

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

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

7. What two-leggeds come to the contest and what do they do to show their excitement?

8. Describe the song Mouth opens the contest with.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the use of third person omniscient point-of-view in The Upright Revolution. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the narrative arc in Thiong'o's The Upright Revolution. Using examples from the story, include the following elements of narrative arc: Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance of the following in The Upright Revolution: The Human Body, The Competition between Arms and Legs, the Head, Thumbs, and the Animals. What does each of these represent? How do they develop the themes of unity and communication in the story?

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