The Fight for Freedom

What tone can be inferred in lines 5–8 of “Words Like Freedom”?

• Grim

• Annoyed

• Miserable

• Sorrowful

Which statement expresses a connection the reader can make between events described in “Words Like Freedom” and society today?

• There is still a struggle for equality

• All people experience total freedom.

• There is no longer a need to fight for liberty.

• People no longer believe equality is important.

Select all that apply: Who helped Emma and Mama reach the freedom?

• The Quaker woman

• The slavecatchers

• The black man with white hair

• The potato man

• Harriet Tubman

The Quaker woman's house was a __________ on the Underground Railroad.

• place

• conductor

• station

• train

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 slave owners put chains on them

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

How does Henry plan on becoming free?

• running away

• hiding in a box that is shipped to state where slaves are free

• waiting until slavery has been outlawed

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 the slave owners put chains on them

Which of the following topics is essential to the message of "The People Could Fly"?

• The commitment of being a good worker

• The importance of using magic wisely

• The importance of being a good mother

• The triumph of freedom over slavery

Choose the 3 phrases from the folktale that represent a sense of freedom.

• “…light as a feather.”

• “…sun burned her face.”

• “…babe cried and cried, ‘Pity me, oh, pity me,’…”

• “…flew like an eagle…”

• “…could not snag her.”

Harriet Tubman and the potato man were ____________ on the Underground Railroad.

• stations

• conductors

• stops

• slavecatchers