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The Treasure of Lemon Brown

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Greg is in danger of failing which subject in school?

a)

English

b)

math

c)

science

d)

history

e)

art

2.

According to his father, Greg’s report card will determine whether or not he is allowed to ...

a)

play basketball with the Scorpions.

b)

attend the after-school program with Sam and Devon.

c)

have his own television set in his bedroom.

d)

go on the field trip to Washington, D.C.

e)

become a professional bowler.

3.

What is Greg’s father’s occupation?

a)

a factory worker

b)

an airplane mechanic

c)

a teacher and coach

d)

a postal worker

4.

When Greg first enters the abandoned building, Lemon Brown threatens him with a..

a)

rusty pipe.

b)

razor blade.

c)

heavy brick.

d)

sharp piece of glass.

e)

glass of milk.

5.

What type of music did Lemon Brown play and sing?

a)

the blues

b)

folk music

c)

jazz

d)

contemporary

e)

rap

6.

As the bad men approach, what do Greg and Lemon Brown do?

a)

look for a weapon

b)

try to escape out the back of the building

c)

hide in the basement

d)

head upstairs and crouch in the dark

7.

Lemon Brown manages to get the bad man’s _____________.

a)

newspaper

b)

bag of vegetables

c)

flashlight

d)

knife

e)

phone number

8.

What are the bad men trying to find?

a)

money

b)

food

c)

weapons

d)

the treasure

e)

KFC's recipe for their secret herbs and spices

9.

Which item is part of Lemon Brown’s treasure?

a)

a diary

b)

an accordion

c)

newspaper clippings

d)

old family photos

e)

100 different fidget spinners

10.

What happened to Lemon Brown’s son, Jesse?

a)

He was killed in a car accident.

b)

He was killed in a coal mine.

c)

He died of cancer.

d)

He was killed in the war.

11.

How does Lemon Brown react when he first realizes Greg is in the old building?

a)

Lemon Brown offers Greg a bite of his bread.

b)

Lemon Brown lectures Greg about entering old abandoned buildings alone.

c)

Lemon Brown threatens Greg with a razor.

d)

Lemon Brown watches Greg for an hour without Greg realizing it.

e)

Lemon Brown asks if he wants a slice of pizza.

12.

Which piece of text evidence below most strongly supports your answer to the previous question?

a)

“Don’t try nothin’ ‘cause I got a razor sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!”

b)

Greg, except for an involuntary tremor in his knees, stood stock still. The voice was high and brittle, like dry twigs being broken, surely not one he had ever heard before.

c)

The upper part of the figure before him was still in darkness. The lower half was in the dim rectangle of light that fell unevenly from the window.

d)

“What you doing here?” The figure shuffled forward again, and Greg took a small step backward.

13.

When Greg first learns that Lemon Brown has a treasure, what does Greg assume?

a)

The treasure is something valuable.

b)

The treasure is something sentimental.

c)

The treasure is something worthless.

d)

all of these

14.

Which piece of text evidence below most strongly supports your answer to the previous question?

a)

“Hey! Rag man!” A voice called. “We know you in here. What you got up under them rags? You got any money?”

b)

“What you doing here?” The figure shuffled forward again, and Greg took a small step backward.

c)

“What you mean, if I have one.” Lemon Brown said. “Every man got a treasure. You don’t know that, you must be a fool!”

d)

“Sure,” Greg said as he sat on the sofa and put one leg over the back. “What do you have, gold coins?”

15.

Why do the thugs come looking for Lemon Brown?

a)

The thugs believe Lemon Brown owes them money.

b)

The thugs are angry with Lemon Brown for squatting in their building.

c)

The thugs believe that Lemon Brown’s treasure is money.

d)

The thugs are angry with Lemon Brown for stealing from them.

e)

They thugs just want some hugs.

16.

Which piece of text evidence below most strongly supports your answer to the previous question?

a)

“We heard you talking about your treasure.” The voice was slurred. “We just want to see it, that’s all.”

b)

“Throw down your money, old man, so I won’t have to bash your head in!”

c)

"All I know is that I heard him talking about some kind of treasure.”

d)

“You know they found that shopping bag lady with that load of money in her bags.”

17.

While he’s talking to Greg, Lemon Brown is reminded of...

a)

a blues singer.

b)

his father.

c)

his son.

d)

his brother.

e)

the fact that Jeopardy is about to start on tv.

18.

Which piece of text evidence below most strongly supports your answer to the previous question?

a)

“I used to travel around and make money to feed my wife and Jesse—that’s my boy’s name. Used to feed them good, too.”

b)

“What you doing here? How come you don’t go in home when the rain come? Rain don’t bother you young folks none.”

c)

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

d)

“Had them big eyes like you got. I used to call them moon eyes. Look into them moon eyes and see anything you want.”