Comprehension: The Long Way to a New Land

The genre for The Long Road to Oregon is

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

• expository text

• biography

Where did the pioneers of the Oregon Trail start their journey?

• Independence, Missouri

• Las Vegas, Nevada

• Republic of Texas

• Oregon City, Oregon

Pick 2 reasons that pioneers wanted to travel to Oregon.

• land for houses and farms

• gold and silver

• better opportunities for business

• sunshine and surfing

What is something the pioneers did not do to prepare for their trip?

• planned for a long trip

• gathered up livestock

• made sure the children had toys to play with

• packed many pounds of supplies

What was the main form of transportation on the Oregon Trail?

• trains

• horses

• cars

• covered wagons

Identify all of the problems the pioneers faced on the Oregon Trail.

• not enough gas stations

• sickness

• dust storms

• dirty water

When the pioneers got to Oregon they would...

• start looking for gold

• clear land for houses

• blow up local businesses

• fight the natives

Covered wagons were a comfortable way to travel on the Oregon Trail.

• true

• false

Many of the descendants of the Oregon Trail pioneers

• lived in the 1840's

• worked hard to journey west

• are proud of the ancestors

• still travel by wagon train

What was the author's purpose for writing this selection?

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain