Character Development
Vocabulary/Author's Craft
What's the Claim?
Textual Evidence
100

What is the story mostly about?

  1. How to make lemonade

  2. A boy earning money to win a competition

  3. A war between a brother and a sister

  4. A boy who figures out a math problem

2. A boy earning money to win a competition

100

What does the word permit mean in the sentence?  

Officer Ken told Evan he legally needed a permit to sell lemonade in town.

  1. A rule or law

  2. A paper that allows you to do something

  3. Reward

  4. A cup

A paper that allows you to do something

100

How does Evan feel on page 27?

Evan feels...

frustrated

defeated

embarrassed

upset/mad

confused

100

What textual evidence on page 27 supports this claim?

Evan feels frustrated.

"He didn't know where to begin."

"Jessie would know how, " he muttered, scribbling hard on the page'

"Evan felt his mouth getting tight, his fingers gripping the pencil too hard, as he scribbled a dark storm cloud on the page"

"His math papers from school were always covered in X's. Nobody else got as many X's as he did. Nobody"

200

Which word best describes Evan?

  1. Funny

  2. Motivated

  3. Lazy

  4. Happy

Motivated

200

What does the word surveyed mean as it is used in this sentence?

Evan surveyed the town center and picked his spot. 

looked at carefully

200

Which word describes how Evan is feeling on page 30?

Evan feels 

shocked 

surprised 

happy

excited

200

What textual evidence on page 30 supports this claim?

Evan feels shocked.

"It started to make sense."

"Evan felt his heart jump in his chest."

"He had done it."

"He hadn't felt this good since the Lemonade War had begun"

300

Why does Evan choose to go to the town center to sell lemonade?

  1. It’s near an ice cream shop

  2. He knows he’ll run into Officer Ken

  3. It’s a place with lots of people with money

  4. He had a permit to sell lemonade there

It’s a place with lots of people with money

300

On page 28 it says, “Mrs. Defazio’s voice floated in his head.”  This means...

  1. Mrs. Defazio is showing how to solve a problem in class

  2. Evan remembered a math strategy Mrs. Defazio taught him in the past

  3. Mrs. Defazio was tapping him on the head

  4. Evan started hearing things in his room.

Evan remembered a math strategy Mrs. Defazio taught him in the past

300

Why did Evan charge $2 per cup?

Evan thought $3 for a cup of lemonade is too expensive.

300

What textual evidence supports this claim?

Evan is hardworking.

He used strategies his teacher taught him to find the answer to the division problem. 

He dragged a loaded wagon to the town center on a SCORCHING hot day.

400

What do pages 37 and 38 tell us about Officer Ken?

He understands how Evan feels.

Officer Ken feels bad for Evan and helps him out. 

Officer Ken takes his job seriously.

400

What does the word wheeled mean in the sentence below?

But first, he wheeled his wagon off to the side, parking it halfway under a huge bush.

moved

stationed

placed

put

400

Why does Officer Ken ask Evan if he has permit?

Officer Ken wants to know whether or not to shut down Evan's lemonade stand.

400

What textual evidence on page 34 supports this claim?

Evan is focused and determined. 

First, he filled his pitchers with water from the drinking fountain. Then he stirred in the mix. Then he pulled out a big blue marker and wrote on a piece of paper, "$2 per cup. Best price in town."