More Than Gold

Who are the characters in this book?

• gold

• a family that lives in California

• a wagon

• gold

What is the setting of the story?

• in a large city

• at a school

• in California

• in the south

What is the problem in the story?

• They families cannot find gold.

• The families do not want to move.

• The family is scared.

• There were too many people.

What is the resolution? (the ending)

• The family found gold.

• The family built a hotel for miners.

• The family moved back home.

• The miners were tired.

Who are Mom and Pop in the story?

• the setting

• the miners

• the narrator's mom and dad

• the people telling the story

What does Pop mean when he says he does "not want to live like that"?

• He does not want to stay with the miners.

• He does not want to live in the hotel.

• He does not want to be dusty and tired all the time.

• He does not want to live in the west.

How does the family earn money to build the hotel?

• They find gold.

• They trade with the miners.

• They sell blankets, oxen, and their wagon.

• Pop gets a job.

How does the family's goal change during the story?

• They wanted to find gold but built a hotel instead.

• They wanted to build a home but found gold instead.

• They wanted to move west but went east instead.

• They decide to sell everything and move home.

Why is More Than Gold a good title for this story?

• They did not expect to find so much gold.

• The miners worked together to find gold.

• The family found oxen which helped them find gold.

• The family found a hotel which was more useful than gold.

The family first built a __________ to stay in.

• hotel

• small shack

• camp

• wagon