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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe setting of the story is—a rainy night in Harlemearly morning in a southern citya blues club in the 1940safternoon in the school gymnasium
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Greg’s main problem at the beginning of the story?Greg’s father wants him to get a good education.Greg is allowed to play high school basketball.Greg is failing math and is allowed to play ball with the Community Center.Greg’s father says he cannot play ball because he is failing math.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThere is conflict between Lemon Brown and three men because—Lemon Brown owes the men money.the men decide to beat up Lemon Brown.Lemon Brown breaks into an empty house.the men want Lemon Brown’s treasure.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the best summary of the story?Greg wants to be on the school basketball team, but he doesn’t play well enough. So, after talking to Lemon Brown, he decides to work harder.Greg wants to play basketball, but his father won’t let him. So, Greg runs away to get back at him.Greg wants to play basketball, but his father wants him to improve his grades. Lemon Brown’s story helps Greg better understand his dad.Greg is more interested in basketball than academics. When he meets Lemon Brown, he realizes he needs to go to school to be successful.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Lemon Brown want his son to have his treasure?The treasure represented what Brown had done and gave his son hope.The items had been collected by Lemon Brown’s wife.The treasure was a reminder of hard times.His son was going to war, and Brown wanted his son to remember him
- 6. Multiple ChoiceLemon Brown says, "Every man got a treasure. You don't know that, you must be a fool!" What aspect of the story is brought out by those lines?the settingdirect characterizationthe themethe conflict
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement best expresses the THEME of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"?The life of a blues singer can be extremely difficult.People should not respect what their fathers say and do.The value of a treasure may be unrelated to its monetary value.To play sports you must work hard, and get good grades.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho is the dynamic character in this story?lemonMr. RidleyGregthug
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Greg leave his house?He wanted to get a breath of fresh air.He wanted to buy a snack at the local bodega.He wanted to play basketball.He wanted to escape his father's lecture
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhy is Lemon Brown in the tenement building?He is hiding from robbers.He is waiting for Greg.He is homeless.It is too cold for him outside
- 11. Multiple Choice
How does Lemon Brown share his past with Greg?
Lemon shows Greg his harmonica and newspaper clippings
Lemon shows Greg photographs of Jesse
Lemon lets the thugs take his treasure
Lemon fights to defend his treasure
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which event marks the climax of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"?
Lemon Brown and Greg scare away the thugs.
Greg makes the decision to go home to face his father.
Lemon Brown shows Greg his treasure.
Lemon Brown’s son Jesse is killed in the war.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why do the thugs bother Lemon Brown?
Lemon Brown owes the men money.
Lemon Brown breaks into the their house.
The men want Lemon Brown's treasure.
The men don't like Lemon Brown's music.
- 14. Multiple Choice
The following quote is an example of which type of conflict?
“He stood to go upstairs, thought of the lecture that probably awaited him…and started walking down the street instead (18).”
Internal
External: Man vs. Man
External: Man vs. Nature
External: Man vs. Society
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why did Lemon Brown give up the blues?
They gave him up.
He lost his harmonica.
He can't sing well anymore.
He went to spend time with his family.
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the conflict that causes Greg to meet Lemon Brown?
Greg’s father wants him to get a good education.
Greg is allowed to play high school basketball.
Greg is failing math and is allowed to play ball with the Community Center.
Greg’s father says he cannot play ball because he is failing math.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the setting of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"?
Harlem, New York - Raining
St. Louis, Missouri - Sunny
Washington DC - Storming
Detroit, Michigan - Snowing
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe description of Lemon Brown's clothes help you infer that he is ahomeless personblues musicianworld travelercriminal
- 19. Multiple ChoiceHow does Lemon Brown know that his son valued the treasure?The son kept the treasure while he fought in the war.Lemon Brown told his son how much the treasure was worthLemon Brown received a letter from his son about the treasureThe son told Lemon Brown how important the treasure was to him
- 20. Multiple ChoiceGreg decides against going home when it starts to rain because hewants to play in the checker tournamentdecides to play some basketball insteadwants to avoid his father's lecturedecides to run away from home
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Lemon Brown do that helps you infer that people have attacked him before?shows Greg his treasuretakes someone's flashlightthreatens Greg with a razorsleeps in an abandoned building
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the narrator's use of third-person point of view in this excerpt help you understand about Greg?
"Lemon Brown didn't move. Greg felt himself near panic."his decision to take the men's flashlighthis decision to go home as soon as possiblethe reason he attacks the men on the stairsthe reason he howls to save Lemon Brown - 23. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Lemon Brown believe that his treasure is worth fighting for?having it connects him to his past and his sonpassing it on to his family is importantlosing his treasure broke his heartcollecting it took him many years
- 24. Multiple ChoiceHow does Lemon Brown treat Greg like a son?Lemon yelled at Greg when he entered his buildingLemon grabbed Greg's hand when he was scared
- 25. Multiple ChoiceGreg's encounter with Lemon Brown changes his view of his own father by teaching Greg thatfathers and sons have a special bondhis father is honest and hard-workinghard work on math is the most important thinghis father's past influences how he treats Greg
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat does impromptu mean?misunderstoodunplannedhiddenabsent
- 27. Multiple ChoiceTentatively meansfearfullyfuriouslyadequatelyhesitantly
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a tremor?threatening yellingnervous tremblingloud crashingeerie howling
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat does gnarled mean?ignored by neighborsovercome with emotionroughened from age or workassaulted by strangers or robbers
- 30. Multiple ChoiceSomething that is ominous isthreateninganguishedmournfulimpatient
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat does ajar mean?half eatenslightly coldpartially opensomewhat musty
- 32. Multiple ChoiceTo commence is togivebeginexplainremember
- 33. Multiple ChoiceTo beckon is tobeg for helprisk your lifesignal to comefight for justice
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