People Could Fly & Women in Aviation Quiz Review

Which element makes "The People Could Fly" story a folk tale?

• The conflict is between good and evil.

• It has characters with supernatural abilities.

• It is a fictional account of a real event in history.

• It includes flying as a symbol for freedom.

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In "The People Could Fly", when did some of the people first have the ability to fly?

• When they were on the slave ships

• When they were tired of working on the plantations

• When they heard Toby speak the magic words

• When they were free in Africa

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Why did the people who could fly shed their wings and stop flying?

• because they were treated brutally on plantations

• because they forgot how to fly

• because they could not take their wings on the slave ships

• because slave owners put chains on them

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What causes Sarah, the young man slave, and the others to fly away?

• Toby says the magic words from Africa

• The Driver whips them

• They fall from the heat

• They suddenly grow wings again

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What type of figurative language is in the phrase "She flew like an eagle"?

• dialect

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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Which metaphor is used to describe the Master of the plantation?

• black and shinin' stick

• a hard lump of clay

• a slice-open cut of pain

• a dark promise

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

• They refused to believe that the other people could fly.

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

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

• They learned to fly later when Toby returned.

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To CROON means to ...

• sing softly

• fly to great heights

• cry out in pain

• speak magic words

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After the people flew away, why did the Driver keep "his mouth shut?

• He did not believe what he had seen and thought he really need to have his eyes checked.

• He was concerned that Toby and the others could possibly could return and seek revenge and seek revenge upon him for his cruelty.

• He was hoping that with enough secret patience, he too could learn to fly someday.

• He did not want to admit that some of the people could fly because it would give the slaves who were left behind hope that they too might be free someday.

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Harriet Quimby’s distinction was that she was the first American woman to become a licensed pilot.

• true

• false

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