By The Great Horn Spoon - Ch. 17 & 18

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.

How did Jack and Praiseworthy make money 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.

How did Jack and Praiseworthy strike it rich?

• They found a huge nugget in the river

• They found a deposit of gold while digging Cut Eye Higgins' grave

• They worked in a mine

• Praiseworthy became a lawyer

How did Jack and Praiseworthy lose their fortune?

• Road agents robbed them

• Cut Eye Higgins stole it

• They spent it all on food

• They had to cut it lose from their belts or they would have drowned

How did Jack and Praiseworthy raise money for their fare home to Boston?

• They gave haircuts to miners only

• They sold all the cats aboard the Lady Wilma

• They struck it rich digging Cut Eye Higgins' grave

• Aunt Arabella sent them some money

Who did Jack and Praiseworthy see on the Long Wharf as they were getting ready to head back to Boston?

• Cut-Eye Higgins

• Mountain Jim & Mr. Azariah Jones

• Dr. Buckbee

• Aunt Arabella & Jack's sisters

What are Cheap Johns?

• miners

• shopkeepers

• auctioneers

• bandits