Treasure of Lemon Brown Review

What is theme?

• A summary

• One word

• A message or lesson

• A moral

Answer explanation

Theme is not...

A summary

A topic or subject

A moral 

One word - ex. love

Who is the protagonist in "The Treasure of Lemon Brown?"

• Mr. Ridley

• Lemon Brown

• Greg Ridley

• The "bad men"

Which piece of text evidence supports the theme "appreciate your family legacy"?

• "I used to have a knotty-headed boy just like you."

• "You ain't one of them bad boys looking for my treasure, is you?"

• "What else a man got 'cepting what else he can pass on to his son, or his daughter..."

• "I used to have a knotty-headed boy just like you."

In "The Treasure of Lemon Brown," what is a lesson that Greg learns that is also a theme for the story?

• Don't worry, be happy

• Family is most the important thing

• Try, try again

• Friends are a person's most valuable possession.

In "The Treasure of Lemon Brown," what lesson does Lemon Brown teach Greg by explaining his life, and is also a theme of the text?

• Know your enemy

• Beware of strangers

• Love triumphs over all.

• Appreciate the legacy your family gives you.

Which piece of text evidence best shows how L.B. and Greg defend themselves from the "bad men?"

• [Greg] went to the window and was about to look when he heard a voice behind him. "Don't try nothin' 'cause I got a razor here sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!"

• As Greg howled, the light moved away from Lemon Brown, but not before Greg saw him hurl his body down the stairs at the men who had come to take his treasure.

• Greg opened his mouth to quiet the sound of his breath as he sucked it in uneasily. A beam of light hit the wall a few feet opposite him, then went out."

• "Lemon Brown stood at the top of the stairs, both arms raised high above his head."

Which quote from the text best shows that the conflict between Greg and his father was resolved?

• "His father's voice came to him again, first reading the letter the principal had sent to the house..."

• "Greg had sat in the small, pale green kitchen listening, knowing the lecture would end with his father saying he couldn't play ball with the Scorpions."

• "Greg pushed the button over the bell marked Ridley, thought of the lecture he knew his father would give him, and smiled."

• "His father's words...still rumbled softly in his ears."

What are the two key conflicts in "Treasure of Lemon Brown?"

• Greg's fight with his father

• Lemon Brown's clothes

• Finding Lemon Brown's treasure

• The "Bad Men" trying to steal Lemon's treasure

Which piece of text evidence supports the theme "Family is the most important thing?"

• "Greg pushed the button over the bell marked Ridley, thought of the lecture he knew his father would give him, and smiled."

• "Lemon Brown would be OK, Greg thought, with his memories and his treasure."

• "Didn't I tell you that every man got a treasure?"

• "That was my treasure, and when I give it to him he treated it just like that, a treasure."

Who or what is the antagonist of "The Treasure of Lemon Brown?"

• Greg's feelings and attitude towards his father

• Greg's feelings and attitude towards math

• Greg's feelings and attitude towards Lemon Brown

• Greg's feelings and attitude towards the thugs