By the Great Horn Spoon Ch. 17 & 18

What did they find while digging Cut-Eye’s grave?

• They found oil.

• They found water.

• They found gold.

Why did Jack beat a lump of what he found with a stone?

• He knew if he could beat it flat it was real gold.

• He wanted to make room for more of the gold.

• The Indians told him if he would do this he would find more gold.

Why did Praiseworthy stick his umbrella in the ground?

• He was tired of carrying it.

• He wanted to hurry and stake their claim before other miners found out about their discovery.

• He was testing the ground to see if there was gold in other spots of the ground.

What was special about August 15th?

• It was the day they struck gold.

• It was Aunt Arabella’s birthday.

• It was the day Praiseworthy was going to fight the Mountain Ox.

Who won the fight?

• Mountain Ox

• Praiseworthy

• No one because Mountain Ox did not show up.

What terrible thing happened on their way back to San Francisco?

• Someone robbed them of their gold.

• The boat sank and Praiseworthy and Jack had to let the gold sink also.

• Jack accidentally shot Praiseworthy with his new gun.

How did Jack and Praiseworthy get rich after losing their gold?

• They sold cats to the auctioneer.

• They found gold left behind on the Lady Wilma.

• Quartz Jackson shared his gold with them.

Why did Aunt Arabella and Jack’s sisters come to California?

• Aunt Arabella wanted to rid herself of the big house and her past.

• The bank took the house and they had nowhere else to go.

• A lightening storm burned the big house down.

What happened at the end of the story?

• Praiseworthy proposed to Aunt Arabella and she accepted.

• They all went back to Boston.

• Dr. Buckbee gave them a place to live in California.