SOL Review: Flying on Snow

SOL Review: Flying on Snow

Multiple Choice

The author's use of the word "flying" in the title best shows that the speaker ...

• a. likes the floating appearance of the snow

• b. moves down the hill at a quick pace

• c. has the interest in winged creatures

• d. is thrown from the sled into the air

Multiple Choice

Read lines 4-5 from the poem.

"My sled and I are like one creature; We lean together in the turns,"

Based on these lines, the speaker's closeness to the sled shows the speaker is...

• a. seeking a new path to try with the sled

• b. attempting to use an uneven sled

• c. trying to maintain control of the sled

• d. learning to increase the speed of the sled

Multiple Select

Which two words are the best synonyms for lumber in line 18?

• bound

• stumble

• glide

• trudge

• leap

Multiple Choice

Which line best suggests that the speaker has been down in the hill in the past?

• a. The ground rushes up to meet us...

• b. This time, surely, we'll make it

• c. With each step, I sink into the snow

• d. Near the top it grows steep...

Multiple Choice

What will the speaker most likely do next?

• a. pull the sled back home

• b. find a better hill to sled

• c. let someone else use the sled

• d. continue to sled on the hill

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence.

What is the meaning of vice in this sentence?

• a. a bad practice

• b. an unusual activity

• c. a confusing situation

• d. an interesting concept

Multiple Choice

Which word comes from a root that means "to try"?

• a. definition

• b. experiment

• c. adjustment

• d. construction