Please help! I need help on my language arts so please check my answers. The story is: "The People Could Fly"
Lesson 1: Introduction to Heroes of the People
Language Arts 7 B Unit 4: Heroes of the People
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1. For john knew exactly what the slave owner wanted done and exactly when he wanted it done aswell.
The truth was that john collected all he needed to know from eavesdroppin, by listenin in on the slaveowner and his wife while they ate their supper.
Which element of a folktale is included in this excerpt?
A. It includes a clever person who plays a trick on someone else.
B. It has different versions, depending on the storyteller. **
C. It describes a person who has an exaggerated ability.
D. It is orally passed down through generations.
Read this excerpt from The People Could Fly.
"Well, Mas Tom," he said finally, "this old racoon, he run a long time, but they cause him at last." When John said that, his owner, Tom, lifted the box and the smaller box. Lo and behold, a racoon jumped out to the ground.
How does this excerpt show that the story is a folktale?
A. John tells Tom a story full of exaggerations.
B. John passes his story down through generations.
C. John inexplicably knows what's in the box. **
D. John is dealing with a common, every day occurrence.
3. Which best describes Toby's role on the plantation in The People Could Fly?
A. He refuses to help other enslaved people escape.
B. He oversees enslaved people as they work.
C. He helps other enslaved people escape. **
D. He gives other enslaved people magical powers.
4. 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.
Base on this excerpt, why did the people who were captured stop flying?
A. They were saving their power to escape.
B. They did not want anyone to know about their special power.
C. They were able to fly over land, but not over water.
D. They missed the safety and comfort of home. **
5. Which excerpt from The People Could Fly best reflects the historical fact that enslaved people were forced to work under brutal conditions?
A. They kept their secret magic in the land of slavery.
B. Nehemiah was always bein moved from one plantation to another.
C. She flew clumsily at first, with the child now held tightly in her arms.
D. The slaves labored in the fields from sunup to sundown. **
Which excerpt from The People Could Fly reflects the historical fact that enslaved people were kidnapped and sent overseas?
A. 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. **
B. One such who could was an old man, call him Toby. And standin tall, yet afraid, was a young woman who once had wings.
C. But Toby just laughed. Say he threw back is head and said, "Hee, hee! Don't you know who I am? Don't you know some of us in this field?"
D. Say the child grew hungry. That baby started up bawling too loud. Sarah couldn't stop to feed it.
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2. C John inexplicably knows what is in the box.
3. C He helps other enslaved people escape.
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5. C
6. A I’m pretty sure a I can’t find how it can be the other answer choices
2. C John inexplicably knows what is in the box.
3. C He helps other enslaved people escape.
4. D
5. C
6. A I’m pretty sure a I can’t find how it can be the other answer choices
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Thanks y'all for helping me
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CHEATER TIANA
ima keep it a secret tho
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