Mary Ellen
How old is Mary Ellen?
What is 9 years old.
What kind of store did Mary Ellen Grandmother's own?
What is a grocery store?
How did the pioneers use buffalo chips?
What is as fuel for fire.
Where did the Tood's start their journey with their wagon train on the Oregon Trail?
What is Independence, Missouri
Who is the narrator of this book?
Who is Mary Ellen?
Why does Mary Ellen wish she had been born a boy?
What is she wants to run, jump, and climb.
What does Mary Ellen's father make at the beginning of the story?
What is ceramic vases and pitchers.
Why do the Todds and the Grants split up?
What is The grants want the old road (faster) and the Todds don't; (no grass for animals).
Why did people go to Oregon?
What is they wanted free land, adventure, and a new life.
What type of story is Bound for Oregon?
What is Historical Fiction.
Why does Mary Ellen have to ride side saddle?
What is her mother thinks it's ladylike or the proper way for a lady to ride.
Who looks after Louvina and Mary Ellen when they get Cholera/Mountain Fever?
Who is their father?
What choice did the travelers have to make once they reached the Dalles?
What is go over the Cascade mountains or float down the Columbia River.
Who was the president of the United States during this time period?
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
What state did the Todd family travel from?
What is Arkansas.
What is Mary Ellen most grateful for when they reach Oregon?
What is her father is not sick for long.
Who made shoes for Rover's sore feet?
Who is Mrs Todd?
Which member of the party was taken by Indians?
Who is Pet (The horse).
What did most Native Americans die of during the pioneer times?
What is small pox.
How did the author, Jean Van Leeuwen feel about slavery?
What is she did not agree with it, based on the Todd's reaction to the Grants.
What can Mary Ellen do at the end of the story that her mother and father are proud of?
What is she can crack the whip!
How does Mr Todd injure his hands at the end of the story?
What is doing work he doesn't regularly do: ie splitting rails.
How did the wagon train make it past the Wakarusa River?
What is They built a corduroy bridge to cross the river.
What years did people travel on the Oregon Trail?
What is 1840-1870
Who did the author, Jean Van Leeuwen interview for the story, Bound for Oregon?
Who is Mary Ellen Todd's daughter, Adrietta Applegate Hixton