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"The People Could Fly" Test
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Question 1
1.
Which of the following is NOT an element of folktales?
supernatural abilities
life lesson
set in modern times
oral tradition
Question 2
2.
Which of the following descriptions IS NOT a folktale?
Coyote is a trickster character who tries to trick people but is often tricked himself.
Two hundred years ago, children in Italy listened to stories about a girl whose father was a wolf.
The gentleness of a Japanese servant girl so impresses a rich farmer's son that she becomes his bride.
A teenager from Australia gets thrown overboard and becomes stranded on an island.
Question 3
3.
Which element makes "The People Can Fly" story a folk tale?
It has characters with supernatural abilities.
The conflict is between good and evil.
It is a fictional account of a real event in history.
It includes flying as a symbol for freedom.
Question 4
4.
When did some of the people first have the ability to fly?
when they were free in Africa
when they were on the slave ships
when they were tired of working on the plantations
when they heard Toby speak the magic words
Question 5
5.
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
Question 6
6.
What causes Sarah, the young man slave, and the others to fly away?
The Driver whips them.
They fall from the heat.
They suddenly grow wings again.
Toby says the magic words from Africa.
Question 7
7.
What type of figurative language is in the phrase “She flew like an eagle”?
metaphor
personification
simile
dialect
Question 8
8.
Which metaphor is used to describe the Master of the plantation?
a dark promise
black and shinin' stick
a slice-open cut of pain
a hard lump of clay
Question 9
9.
What did the ones who could not fly do in the end?
They learned to fly later when Toby returned.
They told the story to their children who eventually became free.
They refused to believe that the other people could fly.
They sang out joyfully to celebrate their friends' freedom.
Question 10
10.
To
croon
means to
speak magic words.
fly to great heights.
cry out in pain.
sing softly.
Question 11
11.
What might happen if you were to
snag
your pants on a nail.
Your pants would be hanging in a closet.
The nail would rip a hole in your pants.
Your pants would feel very tight.
The nail would make your pants legs shorter.
Question 12
12.
How would a person who
shuffles
be moving?
slowly
quickly
vertically
impatiently
Question 13
13.
What did the ability to fly symbolize for the slaves on this plantation, and why was it important to them?
Question 14
14.
After Toby and the people flew away, why did the Driver keep “his mouth shut” and the Master say it was “a trick of light”?
Question 15
15.
What possible theme or life lesson do you take away from video? Be sure to support your ideas with convincing evidence.