The Treasure of Lemon Brown

Which of the following choices 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 that Greg is coming to rob him.

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

What mainly do the following lines reveal (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 two men looking for Lemon believe that he is hiding something worth a lot of money.

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

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

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

What is the importance of Greg’s comment that “the scene could be even eerier” in paragraph 74?

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

• Greg is panicking that he thinks he hears a ghost or some sort of creature.

• Greg is going to jump down and leap onto the two robbers.

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

How mainly does the final paragraph add to the development of the story?

• Greg is prepared to get serious about studying for math.

• Greg understands that his father is lecturing him because of how much Greg means to him.

• Greg knows his father will not come down so hard on him if Greg shares the story of Lemon Brown.

• Greg decides to sneak back home instead of facing his father.

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the text?

• Greg is working as hard as he possibly can to get a good grade in math.

• Lemon came down on his son just as hard as Greg’s father does on him.

• Greg’s father believes his story of the postal test will help Greg in school.

• Greg pays little mind to what his father says to him.

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• “If you know your pappy did something, you know you can do something too.”

• “His father’s words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of Harlem, still rumbled softly in his ears.”

• “He thought ahead of what his father would say and wondered if he should tell him about Lemon Brown.”

• “I traveled around, and one time I come home, and there was this letter saying Jesse got killed in the war.”

Which of the following best states a theme of 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.

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• “His father’s voice came to him again, first reading the letter the principal had sent to the house, then lecturing endlessly about his poor efforts in math.”

• “Look into them moon eyes and see anything you want.”

• “For a big-headed boy you sure do ask the foolishest questions.”

• “All of the clippings were reviews of shows Lemon Brown had been in more than fifty years ago.”

Which of these events happened first?

• Lemon shows Greg his harmonica and clippings

• Greg is skeptical that Lemon actually has a treasure

• Lemon injures himself leaping on the two men who have come to rob him

• Greg begins to remind Lemon of his son

Which of these events happened second?

• Lemon shows Greg his harmonica and clippings

• Greg is skeptical that Lemon actually has a treasure

• Lemon injures himself leaping on the two men who have come to rob him

• Greg begins to remind Lemon of his son