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"People Could Fly" Test Review

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25 July 2022
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What element of the story is a folktale?
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-characters have supernatural abilities -it is told by word of mouth -it is written in a dialect -it has a lesson
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When did some people first have the ability to fly?
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when they were free in Africa
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Why did people who could fly shed their wings and stop flying?
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because they could not take their wings with them on slave ships
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What causes Sarah, the young male slave, and others to fly away?
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Toby says the magic words from Africa
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What did the ones who could not fly do in the end?
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they told the story to their children who eventually became free
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Croon
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to hum or sing softly
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Snag
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to catch something quickly and unexpectedly
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Shuffles
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to move with short sliding steps
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What did the ability to fly symbolize for the slaves on this plantation, and why was it important to them?
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-symbolized freedom -gave them hope that someday trouble would end -helped them go through the unfair treatment
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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"?
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-they did not want to admit that some people could fly -it would give the other slaves hope that someday they would also be free