The Ghost of Blue Mud Gulch

A urged her horse to go up the hill

B encouraged her horse to move faster

C captured her horse by grabbing his halter

D pulled back on the horse's halter to make him stop.

A Old - fashioned

B Stiff

C Sturdy

D Wobbly

A She doesn't want to look for gold.

B She wants to ride her horse a little longer.

C She thinks there is nothing interesting there.

D She doesn't care about things from the past.

A fool's gold

B ghost

C mine

D saloon

A is not a ghost

B could be a ghost

C might have found gold

D might have had a different name

A She distrusts Anita now.

B She is more bored than ever.

C She might believe in ghosts now.

D She wants to go searching for real gold now.

A Anita tells the story

B Old Gus tells the story

C only Carla's thoughts are known

D three main characters' thoughts are known

A Some towns are very boring.

B There are no such things as ghosts.

C You must always trust your senses.

D Things are not always as they appear.

A A low voice

B A gust of wind

C Their own laughter

D Piano keys being played

A gold nugget

B coal

C tumbleweeds

D fool's gold