The Treasure of Lemon Brown – Basic Understanding Questions

1. Which of the following is true about Greg’s father?

2. What does Greg want to do?

3. Where do Greg and his father live?

4. Greg does not want to go back home, because he knows that (-)

5. What does Greg’s father do for living?

6. Where does Lemon Brown keep his treasure?

7. Which of the following in NOT true about Lemon Brown?

8. Why did Greg go into the abandoned building?

9. Greg initially thinks that Mr. Brown’s treasure is:

10. How did Greg help Lemon Brown?

11. Greg believes his father will not allow him to play basketball with the Scorpions because (–).

12. “Now you just get into the room and hit those books!” What does Greg’s father urge him to do?

13. People used to call Lemon Brown “Sweet Lemon Brown” because (–).

14. Who is Jesse?

15. Who are the thugs?

16. What does Lemon Brown cherish as his treasure?

17. What does Mr. Brown think Greg to be when he first sees him?

18. Why did the thugs go into the old tenement?

19. What happened to Jesse?

20. What is the theme of the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”?