The Lottery Quiz

What was represented by the black box?

• family
• death
• tradition
• murder

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

How long does it take to complete the lottery ?

• 2 days
• 2 minutes
• 2 hours
• 20 minutes

It says that the children were gathering stones into a pile. That is an example of what literary device?

• simile
• metaphor
• imagery
• foreshadowing

Who conducted the lottery?

• Mr. Hutchinson

• Mrs. Hutchinson

• Mr. Summers

• Tessie

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

Old Man Warner believes that the village should end the lottery.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

What is the theme of the story?

• Stone people to death to have a successful harvest.
• Blindly following tradition can be dangerous.
• Not everything is as it seems.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Mr. Summers told Tessie, "I thought we were going to have to get on without you." This is an example of

• irony

• foreshadowing

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

"Mr. Summers was a round faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business..."

Based on this sentence, what does jovial mean?

• angry

• tired

• lonely

• happy

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What was the original purpose behind the lottery?

• To make people work hard.
• To ensure a good harvest.
• To teach the young children the meaning of "unfair."
• To see who could gather the roundest, smoothest stones.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day..."
The preceding passage is found in the exposition of the story. 
This passage is developing the _____________ for the reader?

• Setting
• Rising action
• Theme
• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4