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Which excerpt describes the relationship between character development and the theme "relationships are our most valuable treasures" ?

Question 1 options:

"His father's words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of Harlem, still rumbled softly in his ears."

"Didn't give it up," Lemon Brown said. "You don't give up the blues; they give you up. After a while you do good for yourself, and it ain't nothing but foolishness singing about how hard you got it. Ain't that right?"

"Greg pushed the button over the bell marked Ridley, thought of the lecture he knew his father would give him, and smiled."

"You OK for a youngster," the old man said as he tied the strings around his leg, "better than those scalawags what come here looking for my treasure."
Question 2 (1 point)

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Which of the following quotes is an example of how the theme recurs in the text?

Question 2 options:

"I had to leave school when I was thirteen," his father had said, "that's a year younger than you are now. If I'd had half the chances you have, I'd…"

"They sent back what he had with him over there, and what it was is this old mouth fiddle and these clippings. Him carrying it around with him like that told me it meant something to him. That was my treasure, and when I give it to him he treated it just like that, a treasure. Ain't that something?"

"They used to say I sung the blues so sweet that if I sang at a funeral, the dead would commence6 to rocking with the beat. Used to travel all over Mississippi and as far as
Monroe, Louisiana, and east on over to Macon, Georgia. You mean you ain't never heard of Sweet Lemon Brown?"

"I used to have a knotty-headed boy just like you." Lemon Brown had half walked, half shuffled back to the corner and sat down against the wall. "Had them big eyes like you got. I used to call them moon eyes."
Question 3 (1 point)

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Which literary element in the following quotation helps to develop the theme "everyone goes through trials."

"Hard times, boy. Hard times always after a poor man. One day I got tired, sat down to rest a spell and felt a tap on my shoulder. Hard times caught up with me."

Question 3 options:

Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

Metaphor

Question 4 (1 point)

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Which incident most helps develop the theme "relationships are our most valuable treasures"?
Question 4 options:

"I traveled around, and one time I come home, and there was this letter saying Jesse got killed in the war. Broke my heart, it truly did."

" I used to travel around and make money to feed my wife and Jesse — that's my boy's name. Used to feed them good, too."

"They sent back what he had with him over there, and what it was is this old mouth fiddle and these clippings. Him carrying it around with him like that told me it meant something to him. That was my treasure, and when I give it to him he treated it just like that, a treasure. Ain't that something?"

"You guess so?" Lemon Brown's voice rose an octave as he started to put his treasure back into the plastic. "Well, you got to guess 'cause you sure don't know nothing. Don't know enough to get home when it's raining."
Question 5 (1 point)

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Which incident most helps develop the theme "everyone has hardships to overcome" ?

Question 5 options:

"For a moment Greg thought he heard something that sounded like a scraping against the wall. He listened carefully, but it was gone."

"There was a banging downstairs and a light as the men entered. They banged around noisily, calling for the rag man.
We heard you talking about your treasure." The voice was slurred. We just want to see it, that's all."

"I had to leave school when I was thirteen," his father had said, "that's a year younger than you are now. If I'd had half the chances you have, I'd…"

"When you get as old as me all you say when something hurts is, 'Howdy, Mr. Pain, sees you back again.' Then when Mr. Pain see he can't worry you none, he go on mess with somebody else."

Answer 1

Here are the answers to the questions based on the given excerpts:

Question 1: Which excerpt describes the relationship between character development and the theme "relationships are our most valuable treasures"?

• Answer: "They sent back what he had with him over there, and what it was is this old mouth fiddle and these clippings. Him carrying it around with him like that told me it meant something to him. That was my treasure, and when I give it to him he treated it just like that, a treasure. Ain't that something?"

Question 2: Which of the following quotes is an example of how the theme recurs in the text?

• Answer: "They sent back what he had with him over there, and what it was is this old mouth fiddle and these clippings. Him carrying it around with him like that told me it meant something to him. That was my treasure, and when I give it to him he treated it just like that, a treasure. Ain't that something?"

Question 3: Which literary element in the following quotation helps to develop the theme "everyone goes through trials."

• Answer: Personification (as "hard times" is described as something that can "tap on your shoulder.")

Question 4: Which incident most helps develop the theme "relationships are our most valuable treasures"?

• Answer: "I traveled around, and one time I come home, and there was this letter saying Jesse got killed in the war. Broke my heart, it truly did."

Question 5: Which incident most helps develop the theme "everyone has hardships to overcome"?

• Answer: "I had to leave school when I was thirteen," his father had said, "that's a year younger than you are now. If I'd had half the chances you have, I'd…"

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