Lemon Brown Quiz Review

What subject was Greg about to fail in school?

• English

• Math

• Science

• Gym

How old was Greg’s father when he had to drop out of school?

• 13

• 14

• 15

• 16

What was Lemon Brown’s real treasure?

• his son’s respect

• his medals from fighting in the war

• the wealth he accumulated from being famous

• his love of Jazz

10. “I didn’t have nothing to give him except these things that told him who I was, and what he come from. If

you know your pappy did something, you know you can do something too.” What did Lemon Brown give

his son to show him that he could become anything he wanted to be?

• a trophy

• an education

• an expensive suit

• a harmonica and newspaper clippings

A stoop is:

• an abandoned building

• a flat area at the front door of an apartment or house, often with steps below used for sitting.

• a person who means to do someone harm or break the law

• a harmonica player

Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?

• Greg walking in the rain.

• Lemon Brown jumping down on the thugs.

• Lemon sleeping in an abandoned apartment building and eating out of garbage cans

• Greg struggling to pass math.

What is revealed about Lemon Brown by the following statements? “Lemon Brown released [Greg’s] hand and moved toward the top of the stairs.” “Lemon Brown stood at the top of the stairs, both arms raised high above his head.” “[He] hurled his body down the stairs at the men who had come to take his treasure.”

• He is mentally unstable.

• He doesn’t care if he lives or dies.

• He is willing to fight for his treasure.

• Being with Greg brought out the bravery in Lemon Brown.

A tenement is:

• a business district

• a customer

• a person who is homeless

• a building that is made up of apartments

Which of these quotes is NOT used to reveal that Lemon Brown is homeless?

• “There were two feet, in cracked, dirty shoes”

• “The rags were held on with strings, and there was a rope around his middle.”

• “His black, heavily wrinkled face was surrounded by a halo of crinkly white hair and whiskers”

• “Legs that were wrapped in rags”

What did Greg do as he entered his house, knowing that he was about to receive a lecture?

• slam the door

• stomp up the stairs

• smile

• defend himself