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Setting in a Short Story

Question 12 • FL-1001040-M/J Language Arts 2 B

Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”Old and young who were called slaves and could fly joined hands. Say like they would ring-sing. But they didn’t shuffle in a circle. They didn’t sing. They rose on the air. They flew in a flock that was black against the heavenly blue.

Answer
A
the sound of everyone joining together in unity.
B
the sight of the people filling the sky.
C
the feeling of exhaustion from work.
D
the scent of sweet air from Africa.

Explanation

The phrase “They flew in a flock that was black against the heavenly blue” creates a visual image: the people appear together in the sky, dark against its blue background. This matches “the sight of the people filling the sky.”

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