By The Great Horn Spoon Questions
What did Jack accidentally buy?
A bushel of neckties
Why did they start digging up on a hill?
A grave for Higgins
What animal scared Jack?
A grizzly bear
What was Jack surprised to find out what was in Praiseworthy's bag?
A picture of Aunt Arabella
How did he get rich from this accidental purchase?
A woman was coming into town. The men needed to look nice so they bought neckties from Jack.
What was Praiseworthy's nick-name?
Bullwhip for knocking the road agent eleven feet uphill
What is Praiseworthy's job?
Butler
How did Cut-Eye Higgins get to California?
By boat and muleback
What followed Praiseworthy on the boat because he was carrying liver?
Cats
What is their new job on the boat?
Coal bunkers
Why were there no people on the Lady Wilma?
Crew quit to find gold.
How did Good Luck escape the ship?
Cut-Eye Higgins
What did the man who helped Jack get out of the coyote whole have?
Cut-Eye Higgins coat
Who was the guy in the jipijapa hat?
Cut-eye Higgins
How did the map disappear?
Cut-eye Higgins took it. He said he sewed it into the jacket
What happened to the boat they were on?
EXPLODED!!
Why did the map turn out to be no good?
Everyone was already there,
What did Praiseworthy promise to do that worried Jack?
Fight with the Mountain Ox.
How did Jack get his nick-name?
From drinking Pitch-pine Billy's awful coffee
What helped Praiseworthy knock out one of the outlaw's?
Gold in his glove making his hand extra heavy when he punched the guy.
How did Jack and Praiseworthy make money by giving free haircuts?
Gold was in their beards
Why did the Sea Raven go so slow?
Had to much coal weighing them down
What happened when he backed away from the animal?
He fell into a coyote hole
How does Praiseworthy think he can win the fight?
He knows the Mountain Ox can't read and write so he is sure that he hasn't read the book on how to do it and win. He believes his knowledge will help him win.
What did Cut-Eye Higgins steal?
He stole the Gold Map, boat, and Good Luck.
Why did the Sea Raven take all the coal?
He took it so the Lady Wilma couldn't get any
Why was the miner following them?
He wanted to know where they got their haircut
Why did Jack not want to become friends with Good Luck?
He was going to be dinner someday.
The outlaws didn't find Jack and Praiseworthy's gold. Where was it?
His glove
Why didn't Jack and Praiseworthy take a bath?
It cost too much money.
Who was the thief?
It was Cut-Eye Higgins
Why did they choose to stay at the Empire Hotel?
It was the only hotel.
How did Praiseworthy figure out the captain's route?
Jack told him he did not see the fires.
What new profession do the towns need that Praiseworthy thought of trying?
Lawyer, sheriff, etc
When the Riverboat sunk, what bad thing happened?
Lost gold because it pulled them down and they had to let go of it in order to save themselves.
Why did Jack and Praiseworthy have to become stowaways?
Pickpockets stole their passage tickets
What were their mining tools?
Picks Pans Long toms Shovel Horn spoons
Who accused Praiseworthy accused of stealing his washpan?
Pitch-pine Billy
Who won the fight between Praiseworthy and Mountain Ox?
Praiseworthy
Who was the author of By The Great Horn Spoon?
Sid Fleishman
How did Jack and Praiseworthy get rich by visiting the Lady Wilma?
Sold the cats because of the rats around town.
Where was gold first discovered?
Sutter's Mill in Coloma
Why did a ship need to be towed?
The crew had fever and there was no wind to sail.
Why does Jack want to go to CA and make a lot of money?
The family is bankrupt and Jack wants to help
How had Cut-Eye Higgins tricked them?
The map was not in the coat
How did Praiseworthy identify the thief?
The thief would be to scared to touch the pig because it would squeal so that person had no ash on their finger.
How did the Lady Wilma move, even though they did not have any coal?
The wind and wood helped `
Why did the weather get so warm?
They got closer the equator
What did Praiseworthy use to find out who the thief was?
They used Good Luck pig and ash
How did they get ahead?
They went through the Strait of Magellan.
Why did it get cold again?
They were heading south, down to the tip of South America.
How long did the storms and bad weather last?
Thirty-seven days
Why is the captain in such a hurry to get to California?
To beat the Sea Raven
Why did they sell a pick and shovel?
To get on a stagecoach
Why did they want to save Cut-Eye Higgins?
To get the map
When they first found gold, why did they smash the gold lump?
To see if it was real.
Why did Praiseworthy stick his umbrella in the ground?
To stake a claim or corner post
What did Jack pretend so that they could save Cut-Eye Higgins?
Toothache
How old is Jack?
Twelve
What did Praiseworthy eventually use to sort out the gold because his washpan was ruined?
Umbrella
What did Praiseworthy ask Arabella?
WILL YOU MARRY ME??
Who is Stubb?
the burro jack and praiseworthy purchased
