"The Lottery" Review

A. Mood is defined as how the reader feels while reading the text. What is the mood in paragraphs 1-2?

• Cheerful

• Solemn

• Impatient

• Celebratory

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B. Select the quote that best illustrates the mood of paragraphs 1-2.

• "...The whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner."

• "School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them..."

• "Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones..."

• "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

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The mood of the text shifts in paragraph 3. Which two quotes best illustrate the mood shift?

• "Their [the men's] jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed."

• "They [the women] greeted one another and exchanged bits of gossip..."

• "Bobby Martin ducked under his mother's grasping hand and ran, laughing, back to the pile of stones."

• "His [Bobby's] father spoke up sharply..."

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In paragraph 5 and 6, Jackson begins discussing the villagers and their relationship to the black box. What can inferences can be made about this relationship? Choose two answers.

• The villagers dislike the lottery tradition and prefer to ignore discussions about it when they can.

• The villagers adhere to tradition without wavering, and therefore refuse to change the box.

• The villagers are too destitute (poor) to buy a new box, so they refuse to discuss buying a new one.

• The villagers think the box is unimportant and other receptacles can be used to house the slips of paper instead.

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On pages 1-2, Jackson describes the lottery tradition in rich detail. However, she also shows that not every part of the lottery is regulated. Which quote best shows that not every part of the lottery is regulated?

• "Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box."

• "The night before the lottery, Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves made up the slips of paper and put them in the box."

• "The rest of the year, the box was put away, sometimes one place, sometimes another; it had spent one year in Mr. Grave's barn and another year underfoot in the post office, and sometimes it was set on a shelf in the Martin grocery and left there."

• "There was the proper swearing-in of Mr. Summers by the postmaster, as the official of the lottery..."

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On page two, where does the tone of the story most dramatically shift?

• Between paragraphs 6 and 7

• Between paragraphs 7 and 8

• Between paragraphs 8 and 9

• Between paragraphs 9 and 10

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The character's moods abruptly change from paragraph 10 onward. Select the piece of evidence that BEST illustrates how the villagers feel once the lottery begins.

• "The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions."

• "Seems like we got through with the last one only last week."

• "By now, all through the crowd, there were men holding the small folded papers in their large hand, turning them over and over nervously."

• "Mr. Summers called his own name and then stepped forward precisely and selected a slip from the box."

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For what reason did Tessie want Eva, her older daughter, to draw with the Hutchinsons instead of with her husband's family?

• Tessie would have preferred Eva's husband Don or Eva to have been the ones to receive slips of paper with black marks on them.

• Tessie wants to protect Eva from harm's way by lessening Eva's chances of getting picked.

• Tessie never approved of Eva's marriage to Don and won't accept the fact they are married.

• Tessie and Bill adopted their other children, so their other children are exempt from the lottery.

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In paragraph 6, Jackson states, "She [Tessie] hesitated for a minute, looking around defiantly, then set her lips and went up to the box." What is the best synonym for "defiantly" in this context"

• Agreeably

• Doubtfully

• Fearfully

• Disobediently

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For what reason did the author choose to include the line "And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles"?

• It emphasizes that children no longer understand the violence of the lottery.

• It shows that Davy does not like his mother and wishes to hurt her.

• It reveals that no one expects Davy to seriously injure his mother

• It stresses that everyone participates in the lottery, even Mrs. Hutchinson's son.

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