The People Could Fly review

Question 1

How long were the slaves working?

Accepted Answer

Sun up to Sun down

Question 2

Who told Sarah to stop crooning?

Accepted Answer

Overseer

Question 3

Who gave the slaves the power to fly?

Accepted Answer

Toby

Question 4

What is a Plantation?

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A farm

Question 5

Was the story set in the past, present, or future?

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Past

Question 6

All folktales have good and evil characters?

Accepted Answer

Most of the time

Question 7

What was the main setting in "The People Could Fly"?

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American Plantation

Question 8

According to the folktale, how did some of the slaves escape?

Accepted Answer

Flying

Question 9

Who called out the magic words while being whipped?

Accepted Answer

Toby

Question 10

Who was the evil in "The People Could Fly"?

Accepted Answer

The Master & Overseer

Question 11

What does snag mean?

Accepted Answer

Catch it quickly

Question 12

Why did the Africans shed their wings?

Accepted Answer

Sign of freedom

Question 13

Is it true that Three people passed out from the heat?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Is a folktale a.........

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story with no known author

Question 15

Why did Sarah get hit with the whip?

Accepted Answer

She fell down

Question 16

How did Toby learn to fly?

Accepted Answer

Inherited the power

Question 17

Why did the slaves lose their wings?

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The sun burnt them

Question 18

What was the ending?

Accepted Answer

The people flew away and were free

Question 19

What was the main problem in "The People could Fly"?

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Slavery

Question 20

What was the magical phrase they used to fly?

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Tambe, buba Kum yali kum

Question 21

What happened at the beginning of the story to the Africans?

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They got captured

Question 22

What does Croon mean?

Accepted Answer

Hum softly

Question 23

What did the overseer say to the slave?

Accepted Answer

Get up you Black Cow

Question 24

What was on Sarah's back as she was chopping the row?

Accepted Answer

Babe

Question 25

Why couldn't Toby help save all the slaves?

Accepted Answer

It wasn't enough of time to teach them how to fly

Question 26

Who was the retelling author?

Accepted Answer

Virginia Hamilton

Question 27

A Folktale contains magic or magical elements?

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True

Question 28

How did slaves get punished?

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Whipped

Question 29

Who are the main characters?

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All of the above

Question 30

What does a folktale usually start with?

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Once upon a time

Question 31

What was the Master compared to?

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Hard lump of clay

Question 32

What did the people that couldn't fly do?

Accepted Answer

Tell the story to their kids

Question 33

What is the Genre?

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Folktale

Question 34

Who did the slaves battle?

Accepted Answer

Master/Overseer

Question 35

Where did the slave's come from?

Accepted Answer

Africa

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