The forces of nature: unit test choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary. the decorations were reminiscent of autumn leaves. (1 point) leftovers made reminders symbolic 2. choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary. for many millennia, people believed earth was flat. (1 point) reasons thousands of years generations of people beliefs or propositions 3. choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary. the oil spill dispersed throughout the river, killing hundreds of fish. (1 point) combusted leaked spread waded 4. choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary. the hiker crossed over an undistinguished deer trail in the woods. (1 point) obvious unusual unnoticeable overgrown 5. choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. use context clues to determine the meaning of the word, if necessary. the horse broke her leg when she was only a yearling. (1 point) newborn trainee foal learning to walk youth between 12 and 24 months old "imagine a wolf moving through the northern woods. the movement, over a trail he has traversed many times before, is distinctive, unlike that of a cougar or a bear, yet he appears, if you are watching, sometimes catlike or bearlike. it is purposeful, deliberate movement. occasionally the rhythm is broken by the wolf's pause to inspect a scent mark, or a move off the trail to paw among stones where a year ago he had cached meat." use the passage to answer the question. 6. in the passage from of wolves and men, what does the author's use of detail achieve? (1 point) it emphasizes the variety of the wolf's senses. it highlights the dangers of the wilderness. it describes the weaknesses of the wolf. it explains the cycle of the seasons. "the movement down the trail would seem relentless if it did not appear so effortless. the wolf's body, from neck to hips, appears to float over the long, almost spindly legs and the flicker of wrists, a bicycling drift through the trees, reminiscent of the movement of water or of shadows." use the passage to answer the question. 7. in the passage from of wolves and men, what aids in the reader's engagement with the story? (1 point) second-person point of view imagery text features first-person point of view 8. the speaker in "birches" compares the boy's climbing to (1 point) girls drying their hair. sweeping up broken glass. a forest full of spiderwebs. filling a cup to the top.