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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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