"By the Great Horn Spoon" ch. 1-3

Ch. 1-3
“By the Great
Horn Spoon”

Open Ended

What do you think this book will be about based on the title?

Open Ended

What do you think it would be like to live in a new and completely different environment?

Multiple Choice

having lost hope

• rogue

• imperative

• undaunted

• dispirited

Multiple Choice

urgent or important

• dispirited

• imperative

• molting

• clamor

Multiple Choice

to quench or satisfy ones thirst

• clamor

• molting

• slake

• cholera

Multiple Choice

infectious disease caused by bacteria in water

• rogue

• molting

• slake

• cholera

Multiple Choice

to shed bodily covering

• rogue

• molting

• cholera

• slake

Multiple Choice

a loud outcry or protest

• imperative

• undaunted

• clamor

• rogue

Multiple Choice

unreliable person, a scoundrel

• rogue

• annoying

• clamor

• dispirited

Multiple Choice

not discouraged

• clamor

• dispirited

• scoundrel

• undaunted

Multiple Choice

a villian

• scoundrel

• rogue

• slake

• clamor

Before we read…

Let’s research what the three main routes
were to get to California and the Gold Rush.

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The Oregon-
California Trail

01

Distance:

Time spent traveling:

What hazards were faced?:

The Panama Shortcut
02

Distance:

Time spent traveling:

What hazards were faced?:

Around Cape Horn
03

Distance:

Time spent traveling:

What hazards were faced?:

Multiple Choice

Where did the stowaways hide?

• in a crate

• in potato barrels

• in the galley

Multiple Choice

On what ship did the stowaways hide?

• Santa Maria

• Sea Raven

• Lady Wilma

Multiple Choice

How old was Jack?

• 11 years old

• 12 years old

• 13 years old

Multiple Choice

What was Praiseworthy's job?

• a banker

• a lawyer

• a butler

Multiple Choice

What did the workers call the Captain?

• wild bull of the seas

• the wicked pirate

• captain walk the planks

Multiple Choice

Why was the Captain racing the Sea Raven?

• He would win a monetary prize

• He wanted to make sure his passengers found the gold first

• He would get to command a new clipper ship

Multiple Choice

Who told the captain about the stowaways?

• The thief turned them in

• Praiseworthy and Jack confessed

• The cook turned them in

Multiple Choice

How did Jack and Praiseworthy work off their debt?

• They shoveled coal into the furnace

• They fished for food for the cook

• They kept the deck clean

Multiple Choice

What did Jack and Praiseworthy plan to do?

• Catch the thief that took their money

• Ask the captain to put them on another job

• help the captain win the race

Multiple Choice

Jack wrote a letter to his aunt. What did he leave out?

• That they were on a ship

• That they were going to California

• That they had been robbed

Multiple Choice

What animal followed Jack around?

• A pig

• A dog

• A cat

Multiple Choice

What did Jack name the animal?

• Gold Nugget

• Good Luck

• Gold Digger

Multiple Choice

How did Praiseworthy figure out who the thief was?

• He heard the thief bragging to another passenger

• He found the man with a clean finger

• The pig squealed when the man touched him

Multiple Choice

Who robbed Jack and Praisewothy?

• The horse doctor

• The Captain

• The judge

Multiple Choice

What was the thief's real name?

• Joshua Swain

• Mountain Jim

• Cut-Eye Higgins

Multiple Choice

What did the captain do to the thief?

• He made him shovel coal in the furnace

• He made him walk the plank

• He locked him up bellow deck