GREG
LEMON BROWN
VOCABULARY
INFERENCES
IN THE STORY
100
Which basketball team Greg wanted to join?
The Scorpions
100
Describe Lemon Brown
Homeless older man with raggedy clothes who lives in an abandoned building.
100
What does ajar mean?
Half opened
100
Lemon brown had a brittle voice.
He is and older man
100
Who breaks into the abandoned building?
Thugs
200
What subject area was Greg having difficulty in school with?
Math
200
What did Lemon Brown do as a young man?
He was a blues musician.
200
A nervous shaking
Tremor
200
The thugs ran out of the building after hearing the howl and Lemong Brown rolling down the stairs.
They were scared.
200
What was Lemon Brown treasure?
A harmonica and newspaper clippings.
300
Why is Greg mad at his father?
He won't let him play basketball
300
What did they use to call Lemon Brown back in the old days?
"Sweet" Lemon Brown
300
What is the meaning of commence?
To Begin
300
Lemon Brown pulls back his shoulders when he tells Greg that they used to call him Sweet Lemon Brown
He is proud of his career as a blues musician.
300
What is dialect?
The language spoken in certain regions of a specific place
400
What is the reason for Greg going into the abandoned building?
He wants to stay out of the rain and also get away from his home.
400
Why did Lemon Brown give up performing the blues?
He fell on hard times.
400
To signal to come.
Beckon
400
Greg relaxes when he realizes he has seen the old man before.
Greg realizes that Lemon Brown is not a threat to him.
400
Which character (s) in the story is considered to be a dynamic character? Which character(s) are static?
Dynamic= Greg Static= Father, Thugs, Lemon Brown
500
How does Greg feel about Lemon Brown when he first meets him? How does he feel about Lemon Brown by the end of the story?
First he is scared and thinks Lemon Brown might be crazy. In the end, Greg understands why Lemon’s life is hard and respects Lemon Brown because he made him understand that his father only wants him to be successful in school.
500
How does Lemon Brown know that his son valued the treasure?
The son kept the treasure while he fought in the war.
500
Roughened by old age or use
Gnarled
500
Lemon Brown checks to see that the thugs are gone before sending Greg home.
Lemon Brown treats Greg like a son and wants to make sure he is safe to go home.
500
What happened in his past that made Lemon Brown say his “heart was broken?”
His son was killed in the war, and his wife had already died. He had no family left
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