Heroes of the People: Fact and Folktale in The People Could Fly Answers

Read this excerpt from "The People Could Fly".The babe cried and cried, "Pity me, oh, pity me," say it sounded like. Sarah was so sad and starvin, she sat down in the row.Which historical fact is supported by this excerpt?

Read this excerpt from "The People Could Fly."They say that the children of the ones who could not fly told their children. And now, me, I have told it to you.How does this excerpt show that the story is a folktale?

Which best describes Toby’s role on the plantation in "The People Could Fly?"

Read this excerpt from "Old Johnny Appleseed.”At night he usually earned his crust of bread and lodgings by mending the teakettle or wash-boiler of some farmer's wife, or by soldering on the handle of her tin cup or the knob to her tea-pot, as he always carried in one of his coat pockets a small charcoal stove and a bit of solder. He always carried under his arm or over his shoulder a green baize bag, and when the mending was done, he would oftentimes draw out of this green bag an old violin and begin to play, and the farmer, as well as his wife and the children, would gather around him and listen to his strange music.

Read this excerpt from "Old Johnny Appleseed.”Many years ago on the sparsely settled prairies of America there lived an old man who was known by the name of "Johnny Appleseed." His wife had died long ago, and his children had grown up and scattered to the corners of the earth. He had not even a home that he could call his own, but wandered about from place to place, with only a few friends and little or no money.

Read this excerpt from "Old Johnny Appleseed.”So whenever a farmer's wife gave him an apple to eat he carefully saved every seed that lay hidden in the heart of the apple, and next day as he trudged along he would stoop down every now and then and plant a few of the seeds and then carefully cover them with the rich black soil of the prairie. Then he would look up reverently to the sky and say, "I can but plant the seed, dear Lord, and Thy clouds may water them, but Thou alone can give the increase. Thou only can cause this tiny seed to grow into a tree whose fruit shall feed my fellow-men."

Which sentence from "The People Could Fly” best reflects the historical fact that enslaved people were forced to work under brutal conditions?

Read this excerpt from "The People Could Fly."And the old man, old Toby, flew behind them, takin care of them. He wasn't cryin. He wasn't laughin. He was the seer. His gaze fell on the plantation where the slaves who could not fly waited.How does this excerpt show that the story is a folktale?

Read this excerpt from "Old Johnny Appleseed."So that many thousands of people have already been benefited by what the poor old man in the shabby old coat did, and thousands yet to come will enjoy the fruits of his labor.Which element of a folktale is included in this excerpt?

Read this excerpt from "The People Could Fly."The folks were full of misery, then. Got sick with the up and down of the sea. So they forgot about flyin when they could no longer breathe the sweet scent of Africa.Based on this excerpt, why did the people who were captured stop flying?