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QuizMultiple Choice

Fact and Folktale

Question 1 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 B

Which excerpt from "The People Could Fly" reflects the historical fact that some enslaved people were able to escape?

Answer
A
Another and another fell from the heat. Toby was there. He cried out to the fallen. . . .
B
But Toby just laughed. Say he threw back his head and said, "Hee, hee! Don't you know who I am?
C
Then she felt the magic, the African mystery. Say she rose just as free as a bird. As light as a feather.
D
Sarah couldn't stand up straight any longer. She was too weak. The sun burned her face.
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