The People Could Fly

the authors purpose of this text is to

• Persuade

• Depress

• Entertain

• Inform

Folk Tales are usually telling a story based on

• culture and history

• only music

• ghosts

• problems

Most of this story was set

• In the wild life of Africa

• On a plantation during slavery

• During World War 1

• In a magical place

The people in the text were compared to what animal at the beginning of the story?

• Doves

• Unicorns

• Blackbirds

• Eagles

When the Africans got to the land of slavery they

• Lost all their power to fly

• had their powers taken away by the overseer

• Shed their wings but kept their magic powers

• Flaunted their magic powers

When Sarah's baby began to cry the text says, "She had no heart to croon to it." this could be interpreted that

• Sarah was heartless and did not care for the baby

• She was tired and depressed and was not in the mood.

• Her heart had stopped working because she worked so hard.

• None of the above

The driver cracked his whip across the babe anyhow. What does this line from the text say about the driver.

• He was looking out for the mother.

• He was cold and cruel and cared for neither the child nor the mother.

• He made a mistake.

• He was only doing his job.

Which of the following could you consider as the climax of the story.

• The overseer hit the crying child.

• The people in Africa could fly

• Toby muttering magic words and helping Sarah escape by flying.

• The young slave fainting

The major conflict of the story was

• The slaves forgot how to fly

• The slaves were beaten and worked almost to death even a crying babe.

• The baby was hungry

• The people were taken from Africa

From the information in the text we can conclude that

• Slaves were treated like property with thought of their feelings.

• Slaves were treated well

• Only bad slaves were punished

• Slaves were paid for their work