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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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