Harrison Bergeron/The Lottery Test Review

The setting of the Lottery is best described as...

• A rainy spring day

• A comfortable summer day

• A cloudy morning

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the author suggesting about he attitude the villagers have about the lottery from the first paragraph?

• The villagers were concerned that they would not be able to have dinner together.

• The villagers didn't like having to wake up at 10 in the morning.

• The villagers wanted to complete the lottery in a timely fashion so they could continue with their evening plans.

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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 description of the lottery in the first paragraph is meant to make the reader feel...

• that the lottery is important

• suspicious about the true meaning of the lottery.

• certain something bad will happen.

"...the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them."

What does uneasily most likely mean?

• Anxiously

• Frighteningly

• Happily

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is ironic about the author stating, "School was recently over for the summer and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them..."

• The children should feel excited for school to be over, but they are not.

• The children have to go back to school

• Summer vacation is not a happy time, but the children are having fun.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

At the beginning of the story, the boys are carefully collecting stones. What literary device is the author using?

• Flashback

• Climax

• Foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

"Soon the women ... began to call for their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times."

What does the word reluctantly mean?

• Quickly

• Kindly

• Questioningly

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why did the author include these sentences:

"Bobby Martin ducked under his mother's hand and ran, laughing, back to the stone pile. His father spoke up sharply, and Bobby came back quickly..."

• In order to suggest that the husbands are the head of the household in the village

• In order to suggest that the weather has changed

• In order to suggest that the children are nervous about something

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the main idea of the first three paragraphs of "The Lottery"?

• The characters' growing uneasiness about the lottery

• The author's view of the women characters

• The weather affecting the outcome of the lottery

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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 of the following describes a theme of "The Lottery"?

• Even if something is cruel, people have a tendency to follow the crowd and participate

• Important decisions should be made by lotteries

• Traditions help people understand the past

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.2