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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which element makes this 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.
- 2. Multiple Choice
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 were free in Africa.
When they heard Toby speak the magic words.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the setting of the story?
African slave ship during slavery era.
Plantation during slavery era.
Plantation in Africa during slavery era.
Plantation during civil rights era.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was the conflict in the folk tale?
Toby has magical powers.
The Overseer and Driver treat slaves with brutality.
Toby can assist people in flying.
People can fly without wings.
- 5. Multiple Choice
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 ship.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What causes Sarah, the young man slave, and the others to fly away?
The Driver whips them.
They fall from the heat.
Toby says the magic words from Africa.
They suddenly grow wings again.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT a main event in the story?
African slaves lose their memory of flying.
Sarah works with a baby on her back under harsh conditions.
People got sick on boats.
The Driver whips the baby and Sarah.
- 8. Multiple Choice
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 kids who eventually became free.
They refused to believe that the other people could fly.
They sang out joyfully to celebrate their friends' freedom.
- 9. Multiple Choice
To "croon" means to
Speak magic words.
Fly to great heights.
Cry out in pain.
Sing softly.
- 10. Multiple Choice
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.
- 11. Multiple Choice
How would a person who shuffles be moving?
slowly
quickly
vertically
impatiently
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which words might be included when describing the theme of the story?
Father and slavery
Fly and plantation
Hope and freedom
Brutality and life
- 13. Multiple Choice
"Flappin'" and "Don't you know" are examples of...
Voice
Dialect
Folk tale
Narrator
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why is Old Toby important?
He is Sarah's father.
He helps slaves fly away to freedom.
He teaches those who don't have hope how to fly.
- 15. Multiple Choice
For a summary which of these are the four you focus on?
Who, When, Where, Why
Who, Where, Why, How
Who, When, Where, What happens
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT important to the African culture at the end of the story.
Freedom
Tellin' stories
Keeping secrets
Firelight
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