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"The Lottery" Study Guide (refresher and vocab)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is another way to define conflict?

a)

The main problem of the story

b)

The ways characters interact

c)

The setting of the story

d)

The ways in which the author writes a story

2.

What does the word emphasize mean?

a)

To show enthusiasm for a topic

b)

To compare multiple topics

c)

To bring special attention to

d)

To paint a picture in the reader's mind

3.

What does the term inciting incident mean?

a)

The event that starts the falling action

b)

The event that triggers the main conflict

c)

The event that shows the setting and characters

d)

The event that shows character development

4.

How should I tackle vocabulary STAAR questions? (This is relevant for Friday's fiction skills quiz)

a)

I look up the word in the dictionary and then forget I even did that to begin with

b)

I look up the word in the dictionary and I choose the first definition

c)

I look up the word in the dictionary and then I select a random answer

d)

I look up the word in the dictionary and see if it matches the way the word is used in the sentence

5.

What is author's voice?

a)

The way an author writes about the conflict of a story

b)

The unique style a writer uses to convey their message

c)

The author and how they speak when talking to someone

d)

The way an author develops the main plot of the story

6.

Define theme

a)

The patterns within a story

b)

The main conflict of a story

c)

The overall message of the story

d)

The symbolism of the story

7.

At what moment in the overall plot of a story does the conflict of the story reach a turning point?

a)

Climax

b)

Falling Action

c)

Exposition

d)

Rising Action

8.

What is foreshadowing?

a)

When the author uses dialogue to build character development

b)

When the author uses their own unique style of writing to set the tone

c)

When the author uses descriptive language to captivate an audience

d)

When the author gives "hints" in the beginning of the story about an event later in the story

9.

Who is Mr. Summers?

a)

The official head of the lottery

b)

A man with a terrible wife

c)

The mayor of the village

d)

The man who is sacrificed at the end

10.

How are the names called when people draw for the lottery?

a)

Reverse order

b)

Numerical order

c)

Alphabetical order

d)

First name order

11.

Who is Tessie Hutchinson?

a)

The woman married to Bill

b)

The protagonist (main character)

c)

The official head of the lottery

d)

The woman who draws first

12.

What ends up being the result of the lottery?

a)

Tessie Hutchinson arrives late to the drawing

b)

Bill Hutchinson volunteers himself as tribute

c)

Mr. Summers ends the lottery and they all go home

d)

Tessie Hutchinson is chosen and stones are thrown at her

13.

What is the inciting incident of the story?

a)

When Tessie Hutchinson draws the black dot

b)

When Mr. Summers begins the process of the lottery itself

c)

When the kids begin to pile stones in the town square

d)

When The Hutchinson family arrives to the lottery

14.

What is the climax of the story?

a)

When Mr. Summers begins the process of the lottery itself

b)

When Tessie Hutchinson shouts "it isn't fair!"

c)

When it is revealed that the Hutchinsons have drawn the black dot

d)

When Old Man Warner mentions he was in the lottery seventy-seven times

15.

What is the significance of the black box to the story?

a)

The box holds papers, one which has a black dot, and is used to determine who is sacrificed

b)

The box holds the information to what Mr. Summers does at the coal factory

c)

The box is nothing really, not an important part of the story at all

d)

The box contains all the names of each family and those names are drawn randomly