"The Lottery" Test Review

What is the setting of the story?

• an inner urban city

• small country town

• New York, City

• Avery, Texas

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What day is the lottery held on?

• December 24th

• February 9th

• June 27th

• June 2nd

At the beginning, the children were gathering stones into a pile. That is an example of what literary device?

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• foreshadowing

Who draws for the lottery?

• The oldest

• The parents

• The head of the house

• The man of the house

What can be seen on the slip of paper of the winner of the lottery?

• a black dot

• a red x

• a red spot

• a black square

What do you think Old Man Warner's saying 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon' mean?

• The lottery is going to cause a lot of death

• the corn is coming

• he is just hungry

• the lottery is a sacrifice to ensure a good harvest

What is the best description of a theme from the story?

• stone people to death to have a successful harvest

• blindly following tradition can be dangerous

• not everything is as it seems

• it is important to follow traditions no matter what

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Another word for being noisy, energetic, and cheerful, rowdy

• boisterous

• liberty

• perfunctory

• lapse

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Another word to for seeming to have no end; tiresomely long

• wonderingly

• interminably

• petulantly

• daintly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Another word meaning in an abundant manner, excessively

• jovial

• liberty

• profusely

• daintly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4