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Fact and Folktale

Question 7 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 B

Which sentence from "The People Could Fly” reflects the historical fact that enslaved people passed stories down through oral tradition?

Answer
A
“They say that the children of the ones who could not fly told their children.”
B
“Say the people who could fly kept their power, although they shed their wings.”
C
“Say you couldn’t tell anymore one who could fly from one who couldn’t.”
D
“Say he was a hard lump of clay. A hard, glinty coal. A hard rock pile, wouldn’t be moved.”

Explanation

The sentence about the children telling their children directly describes stories being passed from one generation to the next by word of mouth. This reflects oral tradition, in which people share stories by speaking rather than relying on written records. The other choices describe the people’s powers or a character’s stubbornness, not how stories were handed down.

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