The Lemonade War Part 4 Study Guide - Garden Heights Academy

What Happens in Part 4

The war grows cleverer. Evan learns the oldest rule in business: location, location, location. A stand’s spot can decide everything — a busy sidewalk near thirsty crowds may outsell better lemonade on a quiet street. Evan scouts around and moves his stand to a far busier place, where the foot traffic is thick, and his sales jump. Meanwhile Jessie and Megan do something even bolder: they go global. Instead of running a single stand, they recruit other neighborhood kids to sell lemonade for them, each handing back a share of the money. All at once, Jessie’s little business has branches all over the neighborhood, selling far more than one stand ever could. Both siblings have found a real path to bigger sales — a great spot, or a growing team — and the war’s stakes shoot upward.

What We Will Learn

Focus	What It Means
Setting	Where a story — and a business — takes place; here, location matters
Metaphor	Calling one thing another to show a likeness (‘going global’)
Theme	The big idea — there is more than one way to grow

Chapter Summary

Chapter	Key Events
Ch. 7 — Location, Location, Location	Evan learns that a stand’s spot decides its sales. He moves to a busier place with heavy foot traffic, and his sales jump.
Ch. 8 — Going Global	Jessie and Megan expand: they recruit other kids to sell for them, each returning a share. Their one stand becomes a whole neighborhood network.

💭 Before You Read · Warm-Up (not scored)

There are no wrong answers here — just think, guess, and talk:

Where in your town would a lemonade stand sell the most? Why that spot?
Is it better to run one great stand yourself, or many stands with helpers? What are the trade-offs?
Predict: Jessie is ‘going global.’ What could go wrong when a business grows very fast?

Copyright Notice

This is an independent study guide created by Garden Heights Academy to support reading comprehension and literary analysis. It contains original analysis questions and does not reproduce any text from the novel. The Lemonade War is a work by Jacqueline Davies. This guide is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by the author or any associated rights holder.

Part 1

Vocabulary

Study 10 key words from Chapters 7–8, then answer each question.

🧠Knowledge Bank · Words of Growth

Economics · How Businesses GrowThis part turns on two of the biggest ideas in how businesses grow. The first is location. Shopkeepers have a saying — location, location, location — because where you sell can matter more than what you sell: a busy corner sends far more possible customers past your table, and that stream of passers-by has a name, foot traffic. The second idea is bigger still. When Jessie stops selling cup by cup and instead gets other kids to sell for her, each handing back a share, she has stumbled onto a franchise — the very engine behind restaurant chains that blanket whole countries. One stand becomes many; one seller’s reach multiplies far past what two hands could pour. Real companies grow along these exact two roads, a better spot or a bigger network, and a neighborhood lemonade project turns out to teach the shape of businesses worth millions.

Black-and-white view from an upper window of a wide 1930s main street lined with shops and awnings, parked cars along both curbs, and dozens of pedestrians on the sidewalks and crossing — Photograph of a main street in Macon, Georgia, in March 1936, taken from an upper window by Walker Evans. Shops line both sides, cars fill the curbs, and dozens of people are walking past the storefronts. The *Knowledge Bank* explains that where you sell can matter more than what you sell, because a busy corner sends far more possible customers past your table — a stream of passers-by called foot traffic. Every walking figure in this picture is foot traffic for the shops beside them. It is a city street from long before the story, and there is no lemonade stand on it. Notice how many people are on the sidewalks compared with the road — the stream a shopkeeper counts.
Main street, Macon, Georgia, March 1936; photograph by Walker Evans, Farm Security Administration, Library of Congress. Source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

locationn.Ch.7–8

The place where something is

“A busy location sells the most.”

expandv.Ch.7–8

To grow bigger

“Jessie wanted to expand her stand.”

franchisen.Ch.7–8

Letting others run copies of your business for a share

“Her helpers were a small franchise.”

recruitv.Ch.7–8

To bring in new helpers

“They recruited other kids to sell.”

trafficn.Ch.7–8

The flow of people passing by

“Heavy foot traffic meant more sales.”

branchn.Ch.7–8

One shop of a larger business

“Each kid ran a little branch.”

globaladj.Ch.7–8

Spread far and wide; worldwide

“They joked about going global.”

supplyn.Ch.7–8

The amount available to sell

“They needed more supply of lemons.”

hirev.Ch.7–8

To pay someone to work

“She could hire more sellers.”

succeedv.Ch.7–8

To do well; to reach your goal

“Both hoped to succeed.”

🧠Knowledge Bank question

1According to the Knowledge Bank, foot traffic is ___.Ch.7

2To ‘expand’ a business is to —Ch.8

3Fill in each blank with the correct word.Ch. 7–8

Word choices:trafficrecruitsupplybranch- some words will not be used

The flow of people passing by is foot .

To bring in new helpers is to them.

4A ‘franchise’ lets others —Ch.8

5‘Traffic’ here means the flow of people passing by.Ch.7

6To ‘hire’ someone is to —Ch.8

7Fill in each blank with the correct word.Ch. 7–8

Word choices:globalsucceedlocationexpand- some words will not be used

Spread far and wide, or worldwide, means .

To do well and reach your goal is to .

8A ‘branch’ is —Ch.8

9‘Supply’ is —Ch.8

10To ‘expand’ a business means to make it smaller and quieter.Ch.8

Part 2

Comprehension

How well do you understand Chapters 7–8?

🧠Knowledge Bank · Two Roads to Growth

Behavioral Economics · Rival ViewpointsHere the siblings chase the same goal — sell more lemonade — by two different routes, and your job as a reader is to keep them apart. Evan grows by moving: he hunts for a better spot, a place where more people will stream past his stand. Jessie grows by building: she recruits a team of young sellers and expands her reach across the neighborhood. Set the two strategies side by side and notice something lovely — each choice fits the child who makes it. Sociable Evan trusts his feet and his charm; organized Jessie trusts a system and a network. Comparing them is not tidy; it lets you weigh which road actually scales up faster, and which one risks slipping out of a single person’s control. Reading two plans against each other, instead of blurring them together, is how you learn to judge not only what a character does but how wisely.

Visual AidTwo roads to the same goal

Diagram for the Knowledge Bank on rival viewpoints. The red card at the top is the goal both siblings chase; the two cards beneath are the two routes the Knowledge Bank names, Evan moving to a better spot and Jessie building a network of sellers. It does not say which route wins. Notice the last line of each card — the Knowledge Bank says each choice fits the child who makes it.

Two routes as named in the Knowledge Bank. Drawn for Garden Heights Academy.

🧠Knowledge Bank question

1The Knowledge Bank says Evan grows by moving while Jessie grows by ___.Ch.7

2What does Evan do about his location?Ch.7

3What happens to Evan’s sales after he moves?Ch.7

4What bold move do Jessie and Megan make?Ch.8

5Write the numbers 1–5 in the boxes to show the order of events in Part 4. Number 1 = what happens first.Ch. 7–8

Her one stand becomes a whole network.
Evan learns that location decides sales.
His sales jump at the busier spot.
Jessie recruits other kids to sell for her.
He moves his stand to a busy sidewalk.

6How do the recruited kids help Jessie’s business?Ch.8

7What makes a busy sidewalk such a good location?Ch.7

8After Jessie ‘goes global,’ how much can she sell compared to one stand?Ch.8

9Evan and Jessie each find a way to sell more — a better spot, or a bigger team.Ch.8

10‘Going global’ here really means Jessie sells lemonade in other countries.Ch.8

Part 3

Literary Elements

Understanding HOW and WHY Jacqueline Davies tells the story in Chapters 7–8.

🧠Knowledge Bank · Setting, Metaphor & Theme

Literary Craft · Setting & MetaphorThree tools shape this part, and each carries more weight than it first appears. Setting is where a story unfolds — and in a book about business, the setting is the plot, since a shady corner or a busy crosswalk can decide who wins the day. A metaphor calls one thing by the name of another to reveal a likeness; when a few neighborhood streets are grandly called ‘going global,’ the playful exaggeration captures how enormous the leap from one stand to a network truly feels. And the theme — the big idea underneath the events — quietly takes shape here: there is more than one way to grow, and the path you choose reveals who you are. Notice how Davies dresses a tiny summer project in the giant language of real commerce, so that a small, funny story keeps teaching lessons sized for the grown-up world.

📚 Literary Devices in This Part · definitions & examples

Setting is where and when events happen (the busy sidewalk, the neighborhood). A metaphor calls one thing another to show a likeness (a few streets become ‘global’). Theme is the story’s big idea (growth can come from a better place or a bigger team).

🧠Knowledge Bank question

1According to the Knowledge Bank, calling a few streets 'going global' is ___.Ch.7

2A metaphor calls one thing another to show a likeness between them.Ch.8

3Fill in each blank with the correct word.Ch. 7–8

Word choices:settingmetaphorrhymeindex- some words will not be used

The busy sidewalk where Evan sells is part of the .

Calling a small stand ‘global’ is a .

4Calling Jessie’s neighborhood network ‘going global’ is an example of a —Ch.8

5Setting includes where a story takes place.Ch.7

6Fill in the blank with the correct word.Ch. 7–8

Word choices:metaphorrhymeplot- some words will not be used

‘Her stand was an empire’ calls one thing another, so it is a .

7Why does location matter so much to the story’s setting?Ch.7

8The theme of this part is best stated as —Ch.8

9Fill in the blank with the correct word.Ch. 7–8

Word choices:settingrhymeplot- some words will not be used

The busy sidewalk and wider neighborhood make up the story’s .

10Why is calling a neighborhood project ‘going global’ a fitting metaphor?Ch.8

Part 4

Think Deeper

Four deeper challenges — no single-word recall. Read, weigh the evidence, and reason it through.

🧠Knowledge Bank · The Ways a Business Grows

Social-Emotional · Ambition & CostGrowth feels thrilling — more stands, more sellers, more money — but this part invites a quieter, harder question: what does the race for more cost the two people running it? As Evan and Jessie each scramble to expand, notice how the contest pulls them further apart, turning a brother and sister into rival empires who barely speak except through the scoreboard. There is a feeling beneath the business math: the dread of being left behind by someone you love, which pushes each child to grow faster, reach wider, win harder. Ask whether their ambition is truly about lemonade at all, or about proving something to each other. Bigness, in a business or a family, is not the same as happiness, and a fast-growing empire can quietly lose the thing that mattered most at the start. Sometimes the wisest question is not how to grow, but what growth might make you forget.

1Claim: “Evan learns that where you sell can matter as much as what you sell.” — choose the two details that best prove it.Claim & Evidence

2Shows the lesson about location, or just a detail? Tap each item to sort it — tap again to switch sides. You can keep tapping to change your answer.Sort into two

◄ The location lessonJust a detail ►

3Match each cause to its result. For each cause, pick its result.Cause & Effect

Evan wants more sales→

A stand’s spot matters→

Place beats quality→

Evan understands this→

🧠Knowledge Bank question

4Fill both blanks to complete the reasoning.Build the Argument

The Knowledge Bank says the race to grow , because underneath the math is .

Part 5

Standardized Test

Why Place Matters — SAT & TOEFL-style practice

Location and Foot Traffic

Shopkeepers have a favorite saying — location, location, location — meaning that where a store sits, its location, can decide whether it thrives or fails. The key is foot traffic — the number of people who walk past. A shop on a crowded main street meets hundreds of possible customers a day, while the same shop on a sleepy back lane might meet almost none. That is why owners study a street before renting, counting the cars and people who pass at different hours. A spot that looks cheap can cost a fortune in lost customers if almost no one ever walks by. Once a business is doing well in one good spot, its owner may choose to expand, opening more shops in other busy places. Some grow by letting other people run copies of the business, a plan called a franchise, where each new branch returns a share of its earnings to the original owner. In this way, one small, well-placed shop can slowly grow into a chain across a whole city. Growth like that only works when each new shop keeps the same quality that made the first one popular.

Original passage written for Garden Heights — not a quotation from the novel.

1What does the saying ‘location, location, location’ mean?TOEFL · Factual Information

2In the passage, a store's location is ___.SAT · Words in Context

3How many possible customers does a crowded main street shop meet?TOEFL · Factual Information

4To “expand” a business is to —SAT · Words in Context

5What is a ‘franchise’?TOEFL · Factual Information

6What does each new branch return to the original owner?TOEFL · Factual Information

7What can one small, well-placed shop slowly grow into?TOEFL · Factual Information

8Why might the same shop fail on a ‘sleepy back lane’?TOEFL · Factual Information

9What is the passage mainly about?TOEFL · Rhetorical Purpose

10Insert Text (TOEFL). Look at the four squares [1]–[4] in the excerpt below. They show where this sentence could be added:
“In fact, a wonderful product on a lonely street can lose to an ordinary one on a busy corner.”

In business, where you sell can matter as much as what you sell. [1] A busy sidewalk sends a steady stream of possible customers past your stand. [2] A quiet street, however pretty, may bring almost no one at all. [3] That is why careful sellers study the foot traffic before they ever choose a spot. [4]

Where would the sentence fit best?TOEFL · Insert Text

Part 6 · Optional

Creative Writing

A bonus challenge to practice your English. Take your time and have fun with it.

About This Section

This writing task is optional and is not part of your auto-graded score. The feedback below checks only the basics — length, spelling, and grammar — not whether your ideas are right or wrong. It is meant for classroom discussion and creative practice, so feel free to use your imagination!

Writing Task — Part 4 “Grow Your Business”

Jessie grows by building a team; Evan grows by finding a better spot. Imagine your own lemonade business is doing well and you want to grow. Would you find a busier location, or recruit helpers to open more stands? Explain your plan and why you chose it. Write at least 40 words.

You can start with: “To grow my business, I would…”

0 / 40 words minimum

🗣 Teach It · Just for Fun (optional)

No right or wrong — close the screen and tell someone nearby why ‘location, location, location’ matters, and how Jessie ‘went global.’ Can’t find anyone? Tell yourself out loud. The moment you teach it, you truly understand it.

Part 4 Complete!

You finished Chapters 7–8 of The Lemonade War.

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Teach it to someone

The best last step is to teach it. In your own words, explain what happened — retell a favorite scene, teach a character’s big choice, or sum up the main idea for a parent, friend, or classmate. When you can teach it clearly, you truly own it.

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