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3. What is the significance of Lemon Brown’s harmonica and clippings?
(a) They are his only possessions.

(b) They are valuable antiques.

(c) They represent his musical career and his son’s memory.
4. How does Lemon Brown react when the neighborhood thugs come looking
for his treasure?

(a) He tries to fight them off with a razor.
(b) He hides in the shadows.

(c) He confronts them with a flashlight and howling.

5. What lesson does Greg learn from his encounter with Lemon Brown?
(a) Material possessions are the only true treasures.

(b) Family memories and values are more valuable than material wealth.
(c) Relying on others is the best way to solve problems.

B. Answer the questions briefly.

1. What does Greg’s father lecture him about, and how does Greg feel about it?
2. Why does Greg want to play basketball with the Scorpions, and what is his
father’s condition for him to do so?

3. How does Greg react when he encounters Lemon Brown inside the abandoned
tenement?

4. When Lemon Brown describes his past as Sweet Lemon Brown, what was his
role, and why did he give up singing the blues?
5. How does Greg help Lemon Brown scare off the thugs?

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C. Think and Answer.

1. What lesson does Greg learn from Lemon Brown’s story and his encounter
with the thugs?

2. In your opinion, what is the symbolic significance of the harmonica and clippings
for Lemon Brown?

D. Answer these questions with reference to context.
1. “What else a man got ‘cepting what he can pass on to his son, or his

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