“The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Practice Test
Plot
Directions:Identify the events in the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” with their appropriate elements of plot.
Put them in order and label .
a. ______Greg chooses to go into the abandoned tenement rather than go home.
b.______Greg Ridley, Lemon Brown, thugs, Greg’s dad;Greg is upset with his dad because he cannot play basketball due to his grades. Greg meets Lemon Brown in an abandoned tenement where he learns of Lemon’s treasure.
c. ______none.
d.______Lemon Brown explains to Greg that the treasure is his Harmonica, He tells the story of his son and the meaning behind the Harmonica.
e.______Greg is in the tenement alone, or at least he thinks alone. Lemon Brown approaches Greg and threatens him. Greg can see that Lemon is an old man. Lemon Brown questions Greg about why he isn’t at home. Lemon hears a noise.
f. ______Greg goes home knowing that his father is going to lecture him; he feels grateful for his dad.
g. ______Greg and Lemon are hiding from the Thugs. Lemon confronts the thugs and Greg realizes he must do something.
“Lather and Nothing Else” Comprehension
Directions: Make the following statements true.
8. Greg Ridley is a ______character.
9. The ______is an integral part of the story.
10. Greg enters the tenement
11. What is the main conflict in the story?
12.The author characterizes the Gregmostly through______
13. The main reason that Greg enters the tenement was to ______.
14.The antagonist in the story is ______.
Quotes
Identify how the following quotes and/or phrases are important to the story. Use ALL quizzes and notes to help you. Use the list of literary elements below to help you to identify and EXPLAIN why the quotes are important.
“’Yessir. Sweet Lemon Brown. They used to say I sung the blues so sweet that if I sang at a funeral, the dead would commence to rocking with the beat . . .’”
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“It was beginning to cool. Gusts of wind made bits of paper dance between the parked cars. There was a flash of nearby lightening, and the soon large drops of rain splashed onto his jeans. He stood to go upstairs, thought of the lecture that probablyawaited him if he did anything except shut himself in his room with his math book and started walking down the street instead.”
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In the short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter dean Meyers, Lemon Brown is living in anabandoned tenement where there is no real protection; he is homeless. Greg Ridley comes into the tenement rather than his own safe and warm home to avoid a lecture from his dad and gets a lecture from Lemon Brown about the value of “treasures” instead of about his grades.
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“He reached the house just as another flash of lightening changed the night to day for an instant . . .”is an examples of which literary element (s)
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“The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley’s mood as he sat on the stoop of his building.”
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“Greg exhaled in relief as Lemon Brown made his way slowly back up the stairs”
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“’I used to travel around and make money to feed my wife and Jesse-that’s my boys name. used to feed them good, too. Then his mama died, and he stayed with his mama’s sister. He growed up to be a man, and when the war come he saw fit to go off and fight in it. I didn’t have nothing to give him except these things that told him who I was, and what he come from. If you know your pappy done something, you know you can do something too’ ”
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“’What do you mean, if I have one.’ Lemon Brown said. ‘Every man got a treasure. You don’t know that, you must be a fool!”
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Identify the purpose for following symbols, phrases or scenarios:
The author has repeated use of the word treasure:
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Harmonica and news clips
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The Point of View
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Greg’s poor grades
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Everyone has a treasure; it depends on the value we place on things.
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Parents want us to be successful.
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Parent/child relationships are important
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Relationship between Greg in his father / Lemon Brown’s relationship with his sondifferences / similarities / differences
Name:______English Period: ______
“Treasure of Lemon Brown” quiz
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