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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A) The family is moving to a new place.
B) The family had to get their fruit trees across the Platte River.
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) A hailstorm started.
D) They came to the Columbia River.

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

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

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