Which excerpt from “the treasure of lemon brown” would provide strong evidence that greg tries to avoid his father at the beginning of the story? he had asked his father the week before, and his father had said it depended on his next report card. it wasn’t often the scorpions took on new players, especially fourteen-year-olds, and this was a chance of a lifetime for greg. “and you want to play basketball? ” his father’s brows knitted over deep brown eyes. “that must be some kind of a joke. now you just get into your room and hit those books.” his father’s words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of harlem, still rumbled softly in his ears . . he stood to go upstairs, thought of the lecture that probably awaited him if he did anything except shut himself in his room with his math book, and started walking down the street instead. he sat a while, watching the sign blink first green then red, allowing his mind to drift to the scorpions, then to his father. his father had been a postal worker for all greg’s life, and was proud of it . . greg had heard the story too many times to be interested now.