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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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