Review Unit 1 Day 3

In "The People Could Fly" the characters have the supernatural ability to fly, which is one aspect that makes the story a...

• Folk tale

• Myth

• Bedtime story

When some of the characters were free in Africa...

• they did their best to avoid slave traders.

• they knew how to fly.

• they ran plantations.

When the people were taken on board slave ships...

• they met an old man named Toby.

• they fought back as hard as they could.

• they shed their wings and stopped flying.

When Toby says magic words from Africa...

• Sarah, a young man, and others fly away.

• the Driver whips him.

• the slaves grow their wings back.

Which of these is a simile from the story?

• "she was an eagle"

• "she flew like an eagle"

• "she flew the same way eagles do"

Which of these is a metaphor used to describe the Master?

• "he was a hard lump of clay"

• "he was like a hard lump of clay"

• "he was whipping us like clay"

What did the ones who could not fly do in the end?

• They told the story to their children who eventually became free.

• They learned to fly later when Toby returned.

• They and out joyfully to celebrate their friends' freedom.

What does this simile from the story mean? "They would walk up on the air like climbin up on a gate"?

• They were able to fly as long as they could climb on something first.

• They were able to fly as easily as if there was something to step up on.

• They had a very difficult time flying.

What does the author mean when she says the Master was "a hard lump of clay. A hard, glinty coal. A hard rock pile"?

• He was tall and strong.

• He was very strong, but someone who would listen.

• He was cruel, heartless and didn't care for anyone.

What does the metaphor "That whip was a slice-open cut of pain" mean?

• The whip hurt a great deal.

• The whip was specifically used to cut things.

• The whip was the only thing on the plantation that hurt.