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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 must get their fruit from Iowa to Oregon.
D) The family is trying to grow new fruits in Oregon.

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

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

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

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