The Treasure of Lemon Brown Practice Test

Which of the following choices best explains why Lemon threatens Greg with a razor in paragraph 14?

• Greg has been snooping around Lemon’s tenement in hopes of finding the old man’s treasure.

• Lemon thinks that Greg is coming to rob him.

• Greg is being hazed as initiation to join the Scorpions.

• Lemon is mentally ill and prone to violence.

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What mainly do the following lines reveal (paragraph 65)?

“I don’t know,” came the answer. “All I know is that I heard him talking about some kind of treasure. You know they found that shopping bag lady with that load of money in her bags.”

• Greg is the first person Lemon has ever mentioned his treasure to.

• The two men looking for Lemon believe that he is hiding something worth a lot of money.

• The two men threatening Lemon are hoping to track down his beloved harmonica.

• Lemon is friends with a rich bag lady who lives nearby.

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What is the importance of Greg’s comment that “the scene could be even eerier” in paragraph 74?

• Greg is imagining what will happen if the thugs discover him and use their pipe on him.

• Greg is going to jump down and leap onto the two robbers.

• Greg has a plan to scare the thugs in order to protect Lemon.

• Greg is panicking that he thinks he hears a ghost or some sort of creature.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

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How mainly does the final paragraph add to the development of the story?

• Greg decides to sneak back home instead of facing his father.

• Greg knows his father will not come down so hard on him if Greg shares the story of Lemon Brown.

• Greg understands that his father is lecturing him because of how much Greg means to him.

• Greg is prepared to get serious about studying for math.

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Which of the following inferences is best supported by the text?

• Greg’s father believes his story of the postal test will help Greg in school.

• Greg is working as hard as he possibly can to get a good grade in math.

• Lemon came down on his son just as hard as Greg’s father does on him.

• Greg pays little mind to what his father says to him.

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Which sentence from the text most strongly supports what Greg's father believes about his story?

• “I traveled around, and one time I come home, and there was this letter saying Jesse got killed in the war.”

• “His father’s words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of Harlem, still rumbled softly in his ears.”

• “He thought ahead of what his father would say and wondered if he should tell him about Lemon Brown.”

• “If you know your pappy did something, you know you can do something too.”

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Which of the following best states a theme of the story?

• Fathers do not have the same appreciation for their sons that mothers do.

• Children are not able to appreciate what their fathers are trying to communicate with them.

• Parents are inclined to project their hopes and dreams onto their children.

• The most important thing to a man is the peak of his professional success.

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Which passage from the text most strongly supports the theme of the story?

• “His father’s voice came to him again, first reading the letter the principal had sent to the house, then lecturing endlessly about his poor efforts in math.”

• “For a big-headed boy you sure do ask the foolishest questions.”

• “Look into them moon eyes and see anything you want.”

• “All of the clippings were reviews of shows Lemon Brown had been in more than fifty years ago.”

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Order these events chronologically as they occur in the story:

A - Lemon injures himself leaping on the two men who have come to rob him.

B - Lemon shows Greg his harmonica and clippings.

C - Greg begins to remind Lemon of his son.

D - Greg is skeptical that Lemon actually has any treasure.

• A, C, B, D

• D, C, A, B

• B, A, C, D

• D, A, B, C

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Which vocabulary word is a synonym for unrehearsed?

• commence

• impromptu

• involuntary

• tentatively

• stoop

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