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QuizMultiple Choice

Setting in a Short Story

Question 6 • Language Arts 7 B (M12 25/26 S2)

Which excerpt from "The People Could Fly” appeals to readers’ sense of hearing to help them imagine the scene?

Answer
A
“They couldn’t take their wings across the water on the slave ships. Too crowded, don’t you know.”
B
“And standin tall, yet afraid, was a young woman who once had wings. Call her Sarah.”
C
“Black, shiny wings flappin against the blue up there.”
D
“She trembled to be so hard worked and scorned.”
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