The Lottery Test

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

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

"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."
This is an example of:

• Symbolism
• Foreshadowing
• Irony
• Bad luck

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which type of irony is the following?
Tessie Hutchinson encouraged her husband to choose a piece of paper during the lottery, "Get up there, Bill!" 

• Verbal
• Situational
• Dramatic

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

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

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Foreshadowing
• Bad luck

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

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

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

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
• of the prize

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"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

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

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

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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