Treasure of Lemon Brown Review

Which of the following BEST explains why Greg is mad at the beginning of the story?

• His principal sent home a letter about him.

• He can't play basketball for the Scorpions.

• His dad keeps telling him the same stories over and over.

• It's raining and he wants to go outside to play basketball.

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What is the importance of the opening phrase, "The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds [...]"?

• It introduces the setting of the story.

• It sets the tone of the story.

• It suggests a theme of the story.

• It introduces the setting AND sets the tone of the story.

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Which of the following best explains why Lemon threatens Greg with a razor in paragraph 14?

• Lemon is mentally ill and prone to violence.

• Greg is being hazed as initiation to join the Scorpions.

• Lemon thinks Greg is going to rob him.

• Greg has been snooping around Lemon's tenement in hopes of finding the old man's treasure.

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What inference can be drawn from the following lines (paragraph 65)?

"I don't know," came the answer. "All I know is that I heard him talking about some kind of treasure. You know they found that shopping bag lady with that load of money in her bags."

• The men threatening Lemon are hoping to track down his beloved harmonica.

• Lemon is friends with a rich bag lady who lives nearby.

• Greg is the first person Lemon has ever mentioned his treasure to.

• The men looking for Lemon believe that he is hiding something worth a lot of money.

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When Greg says "the scene could be even eerier," what does he most likely mean?

• He has a plan to scare the thugs in order to protect Lemon.

• He is panicking because he thinks he heard a ghost.

• He is going to jump down and leap on the robbers.

• He is imagining what will happen if the thugs discover him and use their pipe on him.

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The following lines (paragraph 13) reveal that this story is told from what point of view?

He tried to figure out where the breathing was coming from. He knew it was in the room with him. Slowly he stood, tensing. As he turned, a flash of lightning lit up the room, frightening him with its sudden brilliance.

• first person

• third person omniscient

• multiple points of view

• third person limited

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In talking about his own son Jesse, Lemon says in paragraph 98, "'If you know your pappy did something, you know you can do something, too.'" How does this connect to Greg?

• Greg's father had to work hard to pass the test to become a postal worker, so Greg could work hard and do better in math.

• Greg's father became a postal worker, so Greg should become one, too.

• Greg's father lectures him, so Greg will have to lecture his child one day, also.

• Greg should learn to play the harmonica, like Lemon did.

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Which of the following best states a theme in the story?

• The most important thing to a man is the peak of his professional success.

• Parents are inclined to project their hopes and dreams onto their children.

• Children are not able to appreciate what their fathers are trying to communicate with them.

• Fathers do not have the same appreciation for their sons that mothers do.

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"Greg, except for an involuntary tremor in his knees, stood stock still."

Which is a synonym for involuntary?

• unrehearsed

• hesitantly

• begin

• unconsciously

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"They used to say I sung the blues so sweet that if I sang at a funeral, the dead would commence to rocking with the beat."

Which of the following is a synonym for commence?

• begin

• spooky

• unrehearsed

• hesitantly

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