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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) Daddy loved growing apples.
B) The narrator loved to eat 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 Oregon.
B) They were both valuable.
C) They were both in California.
D) They were worth the same amount of money.