WorksheetsShirley Jackson - The Lottery (vocabulary)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times.
quickly
hesitantly
angrily
cheerfully
There was a story that the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that had preceded it, the one that had been constructed when the first people settled down to make a village here.
came before
came after
destroyed
succeeded
The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago...
The clothing worn to the lottery
The chant that used to be sung during the lottery
The equipment needed for the lottery
The papers that are stored in the black box.
If Old Man Warner has been in 77 lotteries and the black box has been in use since before Old Man Warner's time, how old is the black box?
77 years old
< 77 years old
> 77 years old
> 80 years old
He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business, and people were sorry for him, because he had no children and his wife was a scold.
She talked a lot
She was old
She nagged a lot
She cared too much
in large amounts
profusely
interminably
effectively
eventually
a traditional ceremony
ritual
perfunctory
chant
square
If you write an essay __________, don't expect to receive an A+ on the assignment.
hastily
splintery
duly
an act or expression of criticism
ritual
square
reprimand
reply
at the proper time
jovial
duly
effectively
profusely
Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes.
spying
yelling
calling
watching
