Jacob the Great

Vocabulary 26. No fear: an expression similar to I'm afraid not. 27. trap: a light two-wheeled carriage with springs 28. Ipswich: the county town of Suffolk, England 29. interval: a period of time 30. collar: to seize; to take 31. suffuse: to spread through or over something

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Mr. Brisher's Treasure | Reading Quiz
1. Which best express the narrator's motivation in the following sentence from the fourth paragraph?
"[I] heaved a sigh to think that by reason of the unworthiness of women he must needs be the last of his race."
a. He is joking because Mr. Brishner is fat and slovenly.
b. He is jealous because Mr. Brishner is handsome and dashing.
c. He is relieved since Mr. Brishner is finally going to give him marriage advice.
d. He is frustrated because women are unworthy of the gentlemanly Mr. Brishner.
2. Which of the following statements about Mr. Brishner is false?
a. He wore nice clothes when he was younger. b. He met his fiancé on a double date.
c. He has low self-esteem. d. He speaks in a thick dialect.
3. What did Jane's father require of Mr. Brishner before he would consent to their marriage?
a. Mr. Brishner had to get a decent job. b. Mr. Brishner had to break up with his other girlfriend.

c. Mr. Brishner had to help him in his garden. d. Mr. Brishner had to go to a church service with him.

4. Which is NOT a reason why Mr. Brishner keeps the secret of the treasure to himself?
a. He wants it to look like he got it legitimately to impress Jane's father.
b. He thinks that Jane's father will tell the authorities.
c. Under UK law the treasure belongs to the government.
d. He is greedy and doesn't want Jane or her father to have any.
5. Which best explains how the treasure got into the garden based on details from the text?
a. Jane's father hid the treasure in the garden to test Mr. Brishner.
b. The previous resident was a crook who buried it there.
c. Jane's house was a pirates' den hundreds of years ago.
d. Mr. Brishner stashed it there because the police were looking for him.
6. Mr. Brishner has a hard time getting the treasure for all of these reasons EXCEPT which?
a. The chest is chained and locked. b. Too many people are around the garden.
c. He wants to keep the treasure a secret. d. He spends most of his time with Jane or her family.
7. Which best explains why the author chose to have a character tell the story to the narrator?
a. It immediately makes Mr. Brishner's story much more believable.
b. It is simpler to write a story like this than to have Mr. Brishner speak directly to the reader.
c. It makes the story more challenging to understand.
d. It allows the narrator to poke fun at the storyteller.
8. Which is the correct sequence of events?
a. Mr. Brishner lies about going to London; Mr. Brishner finds the treasure; Mr. Brishner's buggy disappears.
b. Mr. Brishner's buggy disappears; Mr. Brishner and Jane's father argue; Jane's father gets arrested.
c. Mr. Brishner and Jane's father argue; Mr. Brishner lies about going to London; Jane's father gets arrested.
d. Mr. Brishner finds the treasure; Jane's father gets arrested; Mr. Brishner digs up the treasure in the rain.
9. Which is NOT a consequence of Mr. Brishner having found the treasure?
a. Mr. Brishner behaves differently toward Jane. b. Mr. Brishner cheats on Jane with another woman.
c. Mr. Brishner and Jane do not get married. d. Jane argues with Mr. Brishner for being distant.

10. What is ironic about the end of the text?

a. Mr. Brishner does not marry Jane after all of that planning.
b. Mr. Brishner does not help Jane's father get out of trouble.
c. It is raining on the day that Mr. Brishner and Jane were to be married.
d. The treasure is not even real.
e. Mr. Brishner gets away without receiving any punishment.