A) laughed
B) mocked
C) warned
D) mimicked

A) watered
B) wasted
C) strengthened
D) hatched

A) gold
B) apples
C) water
D) land

A) mixing
B) picking
C) breaking
D) falling

A) close in
B) tip over
C) line up
D) stack up

A) prospector
B) territories
C) settlement
D) withered

A) to expand and get bigger
B) to lose seeds and fruit
C) to grow and change
D) to shrink and dry up

A) towns with few residents
B) large areas of land
C) fields where crops are grown
D) places where gold was found

A) The family had to get their fruit trees across the Platte River.
B) The family is moving to a new place.
C) The family is trying to grow new fruits in Oregon.
D) The family must get their fruit from Iowa to Oregon.

A) The weather got very cold.
B) They crossed the mountaintops.
C) A hailstorm started.
D) They came to the Columbia River.

A) Daddy loved growing apples.
B) The narrator liked to pick apples the best.
C) When she was little, the narrator only like to eat apples.
D) The narrator loved to eat apples.

A) Honestly is the best policy.
B) Anything can happen when people work together.
C) Pioneers paved the way.
D) Do what you love.

A) They were worth the same amount of money.
B) They were both valuable.
C) They were both in California.
D) They were both in Oregon.