The Lottery Quotes

My favorite short story is The Lottery. 

• The Lottery should be in quotes. 

• The Lottery should be underlined. 

• No change is needed since it's capitalized. 

Which story is this quote from:

The black box grew shabbier each year: by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained.

• The Lottery

• The Hitch-hiker

• The Cask of Amontillado

Which story is this quote from:
He dropped all the papers but those onto the ground, where the breeze caught them and lifted them off.

• The Lottery

• The Hitch-hiker

• The Cask of Amontillado

Which story is this quote from:

She hesitated for a minute, looking around defiantly, and then set her lips and went up to the box. She snatched a paper out and held it behind her.

• The Lottery

• The Hitch-hiker

• The Cask of Amontillado

Which story is this quote from:

Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones

• The Lottery

• The Hitch-hiker

• The Cask of Amontillado

Which story is this quote from:

And then they were upon her.

• The Lottery

• The Hitch-hiker

• The Cask of Amontillado

Which story is this quote from:

It had a black spot on it.

• The Lottery

• The Hitch-hiker

• The Cask of Amontillado

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.

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.

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."