By the Great Horn Spoon (Chapters 16-18)

How can a miner tell the difference between real gold and fool’s gold?

• It breaks into tiny pieces when you hit it with a rock.

• It flattens when you roll it with a pencil.

• It flattens when you hit it with a rock.

• It breaks into tiny pieces when you put it in water.

Why was Cut-Eye Higgins going to be hanged?

• because he stole the map

• because he did not pay for his mining tools

• because he killed someone when he was extracting a tooth

• because he stole a horse

What happened as Jack and Praiseworthy dug a grave for Cut-Eye?

• They found the map.

• Cut-Eye escaped jail and gave them the map

• They struck gold.

• Miss Arabella found them.

What part of the Mountain Ox did Praiseworthy decide was his best target?

• nose

• His neck

• His jaw

• His back

What happened as the steamboat entered San Francisco Bay?

• The boiler exploded.

• Road agents robbed Jack and Praiseworthy.

• Jack and Praiseworthy got in a fight and jumped off the boat.

• The boat crashed into another boat.

Why did Jack and Praiseworthy let their gold drop to the bottom of the bay?

• They did not want the gold.

• The road agents made them throw it into the bay.

• They did not want to sink.

• They were tired of carrying the gold around their waists.

How were Jack and Praiseworthy able to make another fortune?

• They sold their pick and shovel.

• They sold Stubbs

• They found more gold.

• They sold cats at an auction

Why did Aunt Arabella sell the house and sail to San Francisco with Sarah and Constance?

• She wanted to look for gold.

• She said it was a curse with musty old memories.

• He was sick and needed Praiseworthy to take care of her.

• She wanted to take a long trip.

Why is Jack so happy at the end of the novel?

• He saw Sarah and Constance.

• He had money.

• He felt like he had a family.

• Cut-Eye Higgins was caught.

True or False. All the miners in California struck it rich.

• True

• False