Fact and Folktale

Question 3 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 B

Which excerpt fromThe People Could Fly reflects the historical fact that enslaved people were kidnapped and sent overseas?

Answer

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.

One such who could was an old man, call him Toby. And standin tall, yet afraid, was a young woman who once had wings.

But Toby just laughed. Say he threw back his head and said, “Hee, hee! Don't you know who I am? Don't you know some of us in this field?”

Say the child grew hungry. That babe started up bawling too loud. Sarah couldn't stop to feed it.

Explanation

The excerpt describes people becoming sick from the sea’s motion and losing the scent of Africa, which points to the forced voyage across the Atlantic after they were kidnapped. This reflects the historical transportation of enslaved Africans overseas, often on crowded ships. Choice A is the excerpt that shows this journey.

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