Apples to Oregon
  • 1. Which word means almost the SAME as scoffed?
A) laughed
B) mimicked
C) warned
D) mocked
  • 2. Which word means the OPPOSITE of withered?
A) hatched
B) strengthened
C) wasted
D) watered
  • 3. Which of the following items would a prospector search for?
A) apples
B) water
C) gold
D) land
  • 4. Which word means almost the SAME as plunging?
A) breaking
B) picking
C) falling
D) mixing
  • 5. What does the word topple mean?
A) line up
B) tip over
C) close in
D) stack up
  • 6. Read the dictionary entry below.

    Noun: An agreement about action about to be taken.
    Noun: A place where people start living in a new place.

    Which of the following words is defined above?
A) territories
B) prospector
C) withered
D) settlement
  • 7. What does the word shrivel mean?
A) to lose seeds and fruit
B) to expand and get bigger
C) to shrink and dry up
D) to grow and change
  • 8. What does the word territories mean?
A) fields where crops are grown
B) large areas of land
C) places where gold was found
D) towns with few residents
  • 9. What is the MAIN problem in the story?
A) The family had to get their fruit trees across the Platte River.
B) The family is trying to grow new fruits in Oregon.
C) The family is moving to a new place.
D) The family must get their fruit from Iowa to Oregon.
  • 10. What happened AFTER the family crossed Platte River but BEFORE they came to a sandy desert?
A) The weather got very cold.
B) They crossed the mountaintops.
C) They came to the Columbia River.
D) A hailstorm started.
  • 11. Why did Daddy probably give the narrator a nickname that is also a type of apple?
A) Daddy loved growing apples.
B) The narrator liked to pick apples the best.
C) The narrator loved to eat apples.
D) When she was little, the narrator only like to eat apples.
  • 12. What message does the author want to give the reader?
A) Do what you love.
B) Honestly is the best policy.
C) Pioneers paved the way.
D) Anything can happen when people work together.
  • 13. How were the family's fruits and soon-discovered gold ALIKE?
A) They were both in California.
B) They were both in Oregon.
C) They were both valuable.
D) They were worth the same amount of money.
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