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

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

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

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

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) there were no pie pans and there was no oven
C) there wasn't enough flour for a pie crust
D) Amanda was poor at baking pies

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

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

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

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

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