Try It
After reading Walter Dean Myers's "The Treasure of Lemon Brown," answer the questions to see how well you know the story.
Why is Greg upset with his father at the beginning of the story?
He is failing English, so his father won't let him play baseball for the Scorpions.
He broke his leg, so his father won't let him go to the movies with all of his friends.
He is failing math, so his father won't let him play basketball for the Scorpions.
He is not mad at his dad.
Where does Greg go when it begins to rain?
Greg goes to play basketball when it begins to rain.
Greg goes to his room to study when it begins to rain.
Greg goes to a basketball game when it begins to rain.
Greg goes to an abandoned building when it begins to rain.
What is Lemon's treasure?
Lemon's treasure is a harmonica and some newspaper clippings.
Lemon's treasure a ring his wife left him.
Lemon's treasure is a bag of gold coins.
Lemon's treasure is his family.
Read the sentence below from the story.
"His father's words were like the distant thunder."
What figure of speech is this?
metaphor
simile
rhyme
None of these are correct.
Read the sentence below from the story.
"His father's brows knitted over deep brown eyes"
What figure of speech is this?
personification
simile
rhyme
None of these are correct.
Read the sentence below from the story.
"Don't try nothin' 'cause I got a razor sharp enough to cut a week into nine days."
What figure of speech is this?
rhyme
simile
personification
None of these are correct.
Read the sentence below from the story.
"The voice was high and brittle, like dry twigs being broken..."
What figure of speech is this?
personification
simile
metaphor
None of these are correct.
Read the sentence below from the story.
"Hard times always after a poor man. One day I got tired, sat down to rest a spell and felt a tap on my shoulder. Hard times caught up with me."
What figure of speech is this?
personification
simile
rhyme
None of these are correct.
Read the sentence below from the story.
"...the beam from the flashlight danced crazily along the peeling wallpaper."
What figure of speech is this?
rhyme
personification
simile
None of these are correct.
Read the sentence below from the story.
"Then when Mr. Pain see he can’t worry you none, he go on mess with somebody else."
What figure of speech is this?
personification
simile
metaphor
None of these are correct.
What subject is Greg doing poorly in at school?
Spanish
history
English
math
Walter Dean Myers wrote that Greg noticed several things upon entering the old apartment building. What message was the author trying to tell his readers by saying that there was a torn mattress, a broken couch, and a table on its side all together on one side of the room?
"Greg could see an old table on its side against one wall, what looked like a pile of rags or a torn mattress in the corner, and a couch, with one side broken, in front of the window."
The author is conveying to the readers that a homeless person is staying there.
The author is conveying to the readers that Greg goes there a lot.
The author is conveying to the readers that the building is abandoned.
The author is conveying to the readers that the furniture is being sold at auction.
What is an example of internal conflict?
Greg walks in the rain.
Lemon Brown jumps down on the thugs.
Greg decides whether he is going to do what his dad wants or do what he wants.
Lemon is homeless and seeks shelter in the abandoned building.
What is the setting of the short story?
The setting is a rainy night in Harlem.
The setting is during the early morning hours in Birmingham.
The setting is at a blues club in Memphis.
The setting is at a basketball game.
Why is Lemon Brown in the old tenement building?
He is waiting to scare the thugs.
He is homeless.
He is in a blues band.
He is waiting on his son.