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Read this excerpt from The People Could Fly.
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.
Based on this excerpt, why did the people who were captured stop flying?
They were saving their power to escape.
They did not want anyone to know about their special power.
They were able to fly over land, but not over water.
They missed the safety and comfort of home.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance