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

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

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

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

A) can't find pans for Amanda
B) picks apples for pies
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) persistent
B) grateful
C) foolish
D) angry

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

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

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