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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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