"The Treasure of Lemon Brown" Vocabulary

"The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley's mood as he sat on the stoop of his building."

What is a stoop?

• A stairway entrance outside of a residence.

• A sidewalk.

• A bird.

• A chair.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"His stomach tightened as he held himself and listened intently."

Which is a synonym for "intently?"

• distractedly

• closely

• quietly

• calmly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Down the block there was an old tenement that had been abandoned for some months."

Based on this passage from paragraph 6, a tenement is an...

• car

• street

• apartment

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"...Greg noticed that the door, once boarded over, had been slightly ajar."

The word ajar most closely means...

• slightly open

• closed

• gone

• slammed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Greg, except for an involuntary tremor in his knees, stood stock still."

Which of these is NOT a synonym for the word tremor.

• shiver

• vibrate

• still

• shake

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"The person who called himself Lemon Brown peered forward, and Greg could see him clearly."

What is the meaning of the word peered?

• stare

• shine

• hid

• closed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I sung the blues so sweet that if I sang at a funeral, the dead would commence to rocking with the beat."

Commence means "begin."

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Lemon Brown squeezed Greg's hand in his own hard, gnarled fist."

Which is NOT a synonym for gnarled?

• wrinkly

• twisted

• deformed

• young

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"“You OK for a youngster,” the old man said as he tied the strings around his leg, “better than those scalawags what come here looking for my treasure. That’s for sure.”

Which word is a synonym for scalawag?

• trickster

• nice guy

• pirate

• friend

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

" He tried waving to Lemon Brown, hoping the old man would see him in the dim light and follow him to the next floor."

Which is the meaning of the word dim.

• Very bright

• Not bright.

• Sunlight.

• Very dark.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4