The Treasure of Lemon Brown Comprehension Check

Front

Why is Greg angry with his father?

Back

refuses to let Greg play basketball

Front

Why does Greg go into the old building? Options: He wants to avoid his father and get out of the rain., He wants to run away from home but needs to get out of the rain., Some men chase him into the building, He knows that Lemon Brown has a treasure.

Back

He wants to avoid his father and get out of the rain.

Front

The description of Lemon Brown’s clothes help you infer that he is a: homeless person, blues musician, world traveler, criminal

Back

homeless person

Front

What does Lemon Brown do that helps you infer that people have attacked him before? Options: shows Greg his treasure, takes someone's flashlight, threatens Greg with a razor, sleeps in an abandoned building

Back

threatens Greg with a razor

Front

How does Greg feel when he first hears Lemon Brown in the darkness of the abandoned building and what supports this?

Back

He feels frightened as shown when his "stomach tightened" and by "the involuntary tremor in his knees".

Front

Why does Lemon Brown believe that his treasure is worth fighting for?

Back

having it connects him to his past and his son

Front

How does Lemon Brown know that his son valued the treasure?

Back

The son kept the treasure while he fought in the war.

Front

In the exposition of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown," why is Greg in trouble?

Back

He is in danger of failing math.

Front

The setting of the story is—

Back

a rainy night in an abandoned tenement building in Harlem

Front

Why was Lemon Brown's heart broken?

Back

He found out his son had been killed in the war.