Wonders U5W2 Selection Test

Which word means almost the SAME as scoffed?

• mocked

• laughed

• mimicked

• warned

Which word means the opposite of withered?

• strengthened

• wasted

• hatched

• watered

which of the following items would a prospector search for?

• apples

• gold

• land

• water

which word means almost the SAME as plunging?

• breaking

• falling

• mixing

• picking

What does the word topple mean?

• line up

• close in

• tip over

• stack up

Read the dictionary entry below:

Noun: An agreement about an action about to be taken.

Noun: A place where people start living in a new place.

Which word is being defined?

• prospector

• settlement

• territories

• withered

What does the word territories mean?

• fields where crops are grown

• places where gold was found

• towns with few residents

• large areas of land

What is the MAIN problem in the story?

• The family is moving to a new place.

• The family is trying to grow new fruits in Oregon.

• The family must get their fruit from Iowa to Oregon.

• The family had to get their fruit trees across the Platte River.

What happened AFTER the family crossed the Platte River but BEFORE they came to the sandy desert?

• A hailstorm started.

• The weather got very cold.

• They crossed the mountaintops.

• They came to the Columbia River

Why did Daddy probably give the narrator a nickname that is also a type of apple?

• Daddy loved growing apples.

• The narrator loved to eat apples.

• The narrator liked to pick apples the best.

• When she was little the narrator only liked to eat apples.