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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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