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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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