A) St. Joe
B) California
C) Oregon
D) gold fields

A) make his wife happy
B) learn to read
C) work all day without pay
D) strike it rich

A) Baby Betsy
B) Amanda
C) Pa
D) Ma

A) beautiful
B) boring
C) happy
D) funny

A) helps Amanda's pie business get started
B) can't find pans for Amanda
C) makes crusts for the pies
D) picks apples for pies

A) the boys would make fun of her
B) Amanda was poor at baking pies
C) there were no pie pans and there was no oven
D) there wasn't enough flour for a pie crust

A) angry
B) persistent
C) foolish
D) grateful

A) Ma ended up making it for her
B) her brothers finally decided to help
C) Pa came home to encourage her
D) she learned to solver her problem a different way

A) struck gold
B) traded his horse
C) landed another job
D) sold Amanda's pie

A) living apart from your family is too hard
B) mining for gold is an easy way to get rich
C) it is easier to get rich doing something else
D) only young miners strike it rich

A) town gets its start
B) brother and sister can get along
C) family strikes it rich
D) little girl learns to bake