"The Overlanders" OCR Grade 3

Question 1

How are Ellie and her family like Mei and Hong and the people from the Great Migration North in "The Harlem Reaissance"?

Accepted Answer

they all relocated in hopes of having a better life

Question 2

What hardships does Ellie experience or see on the trip?

Accepted Answer

families getting sick, the families had to walk for miles in all types of weather conditions, families had to leave their possessions behind

Question 3

What did Ma buy Ellie once they made it to Oregon City?

Accepted Answer

candy, shoes, a hair ribbon

Question 4

What is the meaning of territory?

Accepted Answer

land and water under the control of a government

Question 5

What was the name of the famous rock in the story?

Accepted Answer

Independence Rock

Question 6

To abandon something means that you stay with it the entire time.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

What animals would you use a yoke for?

Accepted Answer

donkeys, oxen

Question 8

Why does Ellie&#x27;s family leave their home and travel to Oregon?

Accepted Answer

to have a better life

Question 9

Why do the people have to leave things along the trail?

Accepted Answer

the loads were too heavy for the oxen and families to carry

Question 10

Majority of the story was written in what format?

Accepted Answer

Diary Entries

Question 11

What do you call a group of wagons traveling together?

Accepted Answer

a wagon trail

Question 12

Ellie&#x27;s parents have positive attitudes about relocating to Oregon City.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

A ferry is a boat that carries things across the ocean or sea.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What is the part of speech for trade?

Accepted Answer

verb

Question 15

What word means a measure of land equal to 43,500 square feet?

Accepted Answer

acre

Question 16

Why did Ellie feel connected to the others who carved their names into Independence Rock?

Accepted Answer

they had made the same long journey that Ellie and her family are making

Question 17

Who did Ellie write her letters to?

Accepted Answer

Tabitha

Question 18

What is the genre of "The Overlanders"?

Accepted Answer

Historical Fiction

Question 19

What were some of the items that were left on the trail?

Accepted Answer

oak desks, dressers, sets of china

Question 20

What does cargo mean?

Accepted Answer

items that are being moved by way of a ship or ferry

Questions 20