The Treasure of Lemon Brown

What is the conflict at the beginning of the story?

• Greg is angry because his father is yelling at him from downstairs.

• Greg wants to play basketball but his dad won't allow it because he is failing math.

• Greg wants to go outside and play basketball, but he can't because it's thundering and raining.

• Greg needed to study for his math test, but he couldn't find his textbook.

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Where does the story take place?

• Chicago, Illinois

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Harlem, New York

• Boston, Massachusetts

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Why does Greg choose not to go home after school?

• He doesn't want to hear his father lecture him about not studying.

• It was raining too hard to go home.

• Greg had been wanting to check out an old, mysterious building for months.

• There was too much traffic to cross the street.

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Which of the items below is the best example of suspense within the story?

• Outside, the wind had picked up, sending the rain against the window with a force that shook the glass in its frame. A car passed, its tires hissing over the wet street and its red tail lights glowing in the darkness.

• Greg thought he heard the noise again. His stomach tightened as he held himself still and listened intently. --He was sure he had heard something in the darkness--something breathing!

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What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence:

"I've got a razor here sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!"

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

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Why does Lemon Brown lie about having a razor?

• He lies about having a razor because he doesn't want Greg to make fun of him being homeless.

• He sleeps with it in the old abandoned building because it is dark and he is afraid of the rats that live there.

• He actually does have a razor, but he lost it. So, he lied about having it so that he would have enough time to find it and use it.

• He thinks that Greg is one of the bad men who is after his treasure and wants to scare him away.

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Why did the bad men break into the abandoned building looking for Lemon Brown?

• They wanted to help him find a better place to live.

• They wanted to evict him from the abandoned house and take it for themselves.

• They wanted to question Lemon Brown and take his treasure.

• They wanted to see if there really was a ghost living in the abandoned house.

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Which of these would, most likely, be considered the climax of the story?

• Greg and Lemon Brown face and scare off the bad men who try to attack them.

• Greg and Lemon Brown talk about life, and Lemon Brown shows Greg his treasure.

• Greg decides to go home and face his father.

• Greg and Lemon Brown talk about how Lemon Brown used to be famous.

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Lemon Brown reveals that people used to call him "Sweet Lemon." What type of figurative language does his nickname likely fall under?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

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The narrator uses personal pronouns such as "he, they, his, she" and even the characters' names. Using this information, what type of narration is being used?

• First-Person Narration

• Second-Person Narration

• Third-Person Narration

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