Treasure of Lemon Brown Paired passage

3. What is Lemon Brown’s Treasure? 

• a gold razor sharp enough to cut a week into 9 days

• a bag of gold coins

• a harmonica and some newspaper clippings

• Some newspaper clippings and a picture of his son

What is the theme of a short story?

• The main idea of a story

• The Central idea of a story

• The point of view of a story

• The lesson or message of a story

What is an external conflict in literature?

• A problem the protagonist faces from an outside force

• A difficult decision a protagonist must make

• A problem a protagonist faces from within their heart and mind

• The protagonist wishes for a different resolution

1. At the beginning of the story, what conflict does Greg face? 

 

4.  

• 1. He cannot go home because it is raining 

• 4. He cannot play basketball because he is failing math

• 2. He has been suspended from his basketball team 

• 3. He cannot find Lemon Brown’s Treasure 

4. Why does Lemon Brown give the treasure to his son 

• 1. He wants him to be a blues singer

• 3. He wants his son to feel safe 

• 4. He wants his son to be proud of him 

• 2. He is afraid someone will steal it 

2. What external conflict occurs while Greg is with Lemon Brown in the tenement building? 

• 4. Lemon Brown’s son dies while fighting in a war

• 2. Lemon Brown’s wife becomes sick and dies 

• 1. Lemon Brown gives up his career as a blues singe

• 3. Thieves try to rob Lemon Brown’s treasure 

What is an internal conflict?

• A problem a protagonist faces from an outside force

• A problem an antagonist faces

• A problem the narrator faces

• A problem the protagonist faces from inside their heart and mind.

1. At the beginning of the story, what conflict does Greg face? 

 

• 3. He cannot find Lemon Brown’s Treasure

• 1. He cannot go home because it is raining

• 4. He cannot play basketball because he is failing math 

• 2. He has been suspended from his basketball team 

5. What happens to Lemon Brown’s son? 

• 3. He dies in an abandoned tenement. 

• 1. He is killed in a war 

• 2. He is attacked by thieves 

• 4. He becomes a basketball player

What is the setting during the part that contains the most actions in Lemon Brown?

• 3. An abandoned tenement 

• 4. The community center 

• 1. Greg’s apartment 

• 2. A sidewalk in Greg’s neighborhood