Characters
Who is Sarah
According to the story, long ago people that lived on this continent had wings
What is Africa
A story that is passed down from generation to generation (typically by word of mouth)
What is a folktale
How does Toby help many enslaved people
He knows magic and allows them to fly
What type of figurative language is this an example of: “And they flew like blackbirds over the fields”
What is a simile
This character is an older black man
Who is Toby
Where does most of the story take place?
In the United States
What does endure mean?
To last a long time
True of False
Toby helps all of the slaves escape to freedom
False
What did the Overseer do to the baby after it was crying
He whipped the baby
What does Sarah have tied to her back
Her baby
Make an inference as to WHEN the story takes place
What is the 1619-1863.
This is how the Master is described as: Say he was a hard lump of clay. A hard, glinty coal.
What type of figurative language is this an example of
What is a metaphor
According to the text, why did many people have to shed (remove) their wings
The enslaved Africans had to remove them when they were brought onto slave ships. There was not enough room on the ships
This person is the author of "The People Could Fly"
Who is Virginia Hamilton