The Lottery

In the beginning of the story, this foreshadows what is about to happen.

• Tessie says, “It’s not fair!”
• Children were gathering stones
• Tessie was excited for the lottery and joked she almost forgot what day it was
• The day was sunny and people were laughing

School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them…"
This is an example of what kind of figurative language:

• Idiom
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Simile

"Be a good sport, Tessie." Mrs. Delacroix called, and Mrs. Graves said, "All of us took the same chance." "I think we better start over," Mrs. Hutchinson said, as quietly as she could. "I tell you it wasn't fair. You didn't give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that."
Tessie’s change in attitude is an example of:

• Symbolism
• Irony
• Foreshadowing
• Bad luck

The winner of the lottery was stoned to death.
This is an example of:

• Symbolism
• Irony
• Foreshadowing
• Bad luck

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The black box symbolizes:

• A way to control the growth of the population
• Death
• Winning isn’t always a good thing
• Following traditions without questioning them

Mrs. Delacroix chooses a stone so large that she needs two hands to pick it up. She is nice to Tessie in the beginning and quick to throw her stone at the end. Her last name ironically means:

• of the cross
• of death
• watch your back
• she who throws stones

"Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while. Used to be a saying, " Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon... There's always been a lottery." What does the speaker symbolize?

• Death
• Justice
• Mob Mentality
• Tradition

“All right folks, let’s finish quickly.”
Name the speaker:

• Mr. Summers
• Mrs. Delacroix
• Old Man Warner
• Tessie Hutchinson

Old Man Warner has been in the lottery ____ times.

• 87
• 97
• 77
• 67

The date the lottery takes place each year is June _____.

• 77th 
• 27th 
• 15th 
• 1st