By the Great Horn Spoon Ch. 11-18

Who gave Jack the nickname "Jamoca Jack"?

• Praiseworthy

• Quartz Jackson

• Pitch-pine Billy

• Captain Swain

How did you stake a claim?

• go to a hotel

• find land, pound 4 stakes into ground, put tin cans on them.

• place a string around the land and guard it

• Draw a map and ask the government for permission.

What did Jack purchase when he said he ate?

• bushel of apples

• bushel of neckties

• bushel of potatoes

• bushel of acorns

Why did the miners shave and clean up?

• They were going to a party.

• Quartz Jackson's wife was at the hotel and they wanted to look good.

• Someone struck gold and they got all dressed up.

• It was payday and they always dressed up on payday.

Why does Praiseworthy think he can beat the Mountain ox in a bare-knuckles fight?

• Praiseworthy can use gold in his glove to knock him out.

• Praiseworthy knows how to fight after reading a book about fighting.

• Praiseworthy is bigger than Mountain Ox.

• Praiseworthy was a fighter before he was a butler.

Why was Jack lucky that he fell down a coyote hole?

• He was being chased by a mule.

• He was being chased by a bull.

• He was being chased by a bear.

• He was being chased by a prospector with a gun.

What did the miner with the toothache tell Jack and Praiseworthy?

• He told them there was a dentist in Shirt-Tale camp.

• He told them there was a carpenter in Shirt-Tale camp.

• He told them Cut-Eye Higgins was pretending to be a lawyer in Hangtown.

• He told them Cut-Eye Higgins was pretending to be a dentist in Hangtown.

What does Pitch-pine Billy do with Praiseworthy's umbrella?

• uses it to keep dry

• uses it to keep the sun out of his eyes

• uses it to pan for gold

• uses it to stake a claim

How does Jack recognize one of the road agents?

• He looked like his dad.

• He was wearing Cut-Eye Higgins coat.

• He was wearing the butler hat.

• He was wearing Praiseworthy's coat.

Why did Jack turn red at the end of Chapter 15?

• He forget to reload his gun before he pointed it.

• He fell into the coyote hole and couldn't get out.

• He saw a girl.

• His mule ran away.