This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At the awards ceremony tonight, the key note speaker will ..... dinner. I hope her speech is short because I know I will be hungry and ready to eat as soon as we arrive! A) Lapse. B) Perfunctory. C) Preceded. D) Reprimand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preceded. 2. Which word best means beautifully or carefully A) Jovial. B) Defiantly. C) Scold. D) Daintily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daintily. 3. What could be a theme? A) Ladies should never draw the lottery names. B) Be careful when flowers bloom. C) Answer not given. D) Just because something is a tradition, it doesn't mean it's right. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Just because something is a tradition, it doesn't mean it's right. 4. "There had been, also, a ritual salute, which the official of the lottery had had to use in addressing each person who came up to draw from the box ..... "Which word best state the meaning of "draw" from the sentence above? A) Illustrate. B) Select. C) Design. D) Discard tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Select. 5. Which of the following words is a synonym for 'boisterous'? A) Quiet. B) Calm. C) Rowdy. D) Reserved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rowdy. 6. The appetizer will precede the main course. What does the word 'precede' mean? A) To come before or go in front of. B) However. C) A performance where someone shows their skills. D) Happy and cheerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To come before or go in front of. 7. Simon was surprised that the jackpot was 20 million dollars. He said, " ..... ? A) Really. B) Trust. C) Argue. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Really. 8. They had been doing the lottery for so many years that the townspeople were ..... to change A) Jovial. B) They hesitate. C) Conduct. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They hesitate. 9. What happens when someone "wins" the lottery? A) They win the town's yearly monetary prize. B) They are removed from the village. C) They have to sacrifice one of their children. D) They are stoned to death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are stoned to death. 10. What is being used for the first time this year? A) Long and short ropes. B) Black and white balls. C) A new black box. D) Slips of paper instead of wood chips. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slips of paper instead of wood chips. 11. What did Bobby Martin and the other boys collect before the lottery? A) Coins. B) Stones. C) Flowers. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stones. 12. They held a ..... to determine who could get a Pokemon card. A) Lottery. B) Tradition. C) Lapse. D) Assembled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lottery. 13. What is the meaning of the word assembled? A) Done in a hurry and as a matter of routine. B) Run out, to end. C) An event in which the result is determined by chance. D) The state of being gathered together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The state of being gathered together. 14. The organization of the lottery itself suggests that the power structure in this village is A) Matriarchal. B) Progressive. C) Egalitarian. D) Patriarchal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patriarchal. 15. What does Georgie realize he has in common with Mrs. Harper? A) They are both lonely. B) They are both angry. C) They both have scars. D) They both love the garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are both lonely. 16. PART A:What inference can be made about Old Man Warner's perspective of the lottery? A) He believes that the young people appreciate the lottery tradition. B) He believes that Joe Summers does a perfect job of running the lottery. C) He believes that their village should also quit the lottery tradition. D) He believes that the young people are wrong for wanting to change the lottery tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He believes that the young people are wrong for wanting to change the lottery tradition. 17. What is the primary setting of "The Lottery" A) A small New England Village. B) A bustling city. C) A remote island. D) Suburban Neighborhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A small New England Village. 18. What is one thing the person would help their friends with if they won the lottery? A) Pay off student loans. B) Buy a new car. C) Pay for a vacation. D) Buy a new house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pay off student loans. 19. Why does Mrs. Hutchinson arrive late to the lottery drawing? A) She overslept. B) She forgot what day it was. C) She was busy with household chores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She forgot what day it was. 20. What appears on the condemned family's slip? A) A black spot. B) A cross. C) An "X". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A black spot. 21. Which member of the family in this story "wins" the lottery? A) The son. B) The daughter. C) The father. D) The mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mother. 22. What does the word 'bucolic' mean? A) Pertaining to the countryside. B) Contradictory statement that is actually true. C) Equipment associated with a particular activity. D) Cheerful and friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pertaining to the countryside. 23. Where was the black box kept when it was not being used for the lottery? A) In Mr. Graves' barn. B) In the Martin grocery store. C) In Mr. Summers' coal company safe. D) In the post office. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In Mr. Summers' coal company safe. 24. What sentence structure is found in this sentence?Go to your room immediately. A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative. 25. In which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. (Often sarcasm) A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Mood. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal irony. 26. "The lottery was conducted ..... " What does conducted mean? A) To organize or carry out an event. B) To come after something. C) To come before something. D) To do something regularly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To organize or carry out an event. 27. Who Is Little Davy? A) John Cena. B) Him Carrey. C) Brett Favre. D) He Represents All The Kids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He Represents All The Kids. 28. What does the word 'profuse' mean? A) Small in amount. B) Great in amount. C) Lacking in number. D) Unrestrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great in amount. 29. What does the word 'interminable' mean? A) Short. B) Brief. C) Limited. D) Endless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endless. 30. Who is the official of the lottery in this town? A) Mr. Graves. B) Old Man Warner. C) Mr. Hutchinson. D) Mr. Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Summers. 31. To organize or carry out an event or process A) Imaginary. B) Liberty. C) Reach. D) Conduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conduct. 32. About how many people lived in the small town? A) 200. B) 500. C) 300. D) 700. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300. 33. Who was selected to draw for the Hutchinson family in the lottery? A) Bill Hutchinson. B) Mr. Summers. C) Old Man Warner. D) Mr. Graves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bill Hutchinson. 34. What Is The Black Box A) Symbolizes death. B) A Ghost. C) The thing they pull the tickets from. D) Hi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The thing they pull the tickets from. 35. In the beginning of the short story, the children are gathering stones into a pile. This is an example of what literary element? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Foreshadowing. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 36. Not in attendance at this year's lottery because of a broken leg A) Bill Hutchinson. B) Old Man Warner. C) Mr. Summers. D) Clyde Dunbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clyde Dunbar. 37. Who claims the lottery is unfair at the end of the story? A) Mr. Summers. B) Tessie Hutchinson. C) Mrs. Delacroix. D) Clyde Dunbar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tessie Hutchinson. 38. Andy didn't want to argue about a ..... A) Local newspaper. B) As usual. C) So far. D) Scrap of paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scrap of paper. 39. To bring together or gather in one place A) Jarred. B) Assembled. C) Fumbled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assembled. 40. They celebrated their family tradition of baking cookies every Christmas. What does the word 'tradition' mean? A) Custom or belief passed down through generations. B) Done quickly and without much effort. C) To give instructions or guidance. D) Objects or equipment used for a specific activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Custom or belief passed down through generations. 41. Why does Georgie not tell any stories when the boys are telling stories? A) He doesn't know any. B) He is too embarrassed. C) He doesn't trust the boys yet. D) His are too sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He doesn't know any. 42. The black box grew SHABBIER each year; by now it was no longer completely black and was splintered badly on one side. A) To become smaller or less pronounced. B) To become larger in size or weight. C) Heavily worn and faded from wear or use. D) To remake or refinish to its original look and condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heavily worn and faded from wear or use. 43. The ..... is the lesson or message that the writer wants to get across in his or her story. Do not confuse this with the main idea or the central idea. A) Theme. B) Verbal irony. C) Allegory. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 44. "'Well now, Mr. Summers said soberly, 'guess we better get started, get this over with, so's we can go back to work" (paragraph 10). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 45. According to the quote '' she knows nothing about money, and so she is stingy", we can infer A) Ivan believes his family will not happily enjoy the earning because their families who antagonize them,. B) Ivan believes his wife will take the kids and they will travel abroad. C) The money will be spent just for the immediate family. D) His wife would go abroad alone and live a lavish life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His wife would go abroad alone and live a lavish life. 46. This word means "to look carefully and thoroughly to determine the value of something" A) Liberty. B) Survey. C) Murmur. D) Raid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Survey. 47. How is the title of the story ironic? A) The word lottery usually means something happy but it is really not. B) A thing whose success is governed by chance. C) Everyone gathers together in a circle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The word lottery usually means something happy but it is really not. 48. Who was the last person to draw a slip of paper? A) Mr. Summers. B) Bill Hutchinson. C) Tessie Hutchinson. D) Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tessie Hutchinson. 49. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The unique style a writer uses to convey their message. 50. What do you think Old Man Warner means when he says, "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" ? A) The lottery is going to cause many deaths in the village. B) The lottery is a sacrifice to ensure a good harvest. C) He is just repeating a non-sense expression. D) Harvest season is soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lottery is a sacrifice to ensure a good harvest. 51. Having no end; endless A) Disengaged. B) Petulantly. C) Interminably. D) Soberly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interminably. 52. Moving or acting with speed or quickness A) Gradually. B) Haphazardly. C) Hastily. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hastily. 53. To allow a little light to go through A) Skepticism. B) Opaque. C) Malignantly. D) Consent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opaque. 54. "By now, all through the crowd there were men holding the small folded papers in their large hands, turning them over and over nervously" (paragraph 28). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 55. With courage and determination A) Ritual. B) Chant. C) Stoutly. D) Assembled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stoutly. 56. Which literary device is established through the following quote?"The crowd was quiet. A girl whispered, 'I hope it's not Nancy, ' and the sound of the whisper reached the edges of the crowd, " (Jackson 6). A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Symbolism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 57. What did Mrs. Hutchinson say when she realized her family was chosen? A) It's not fair. B) I don't want to participate. C) I refuse to take part. D) I demand a re-draw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's not fair. 58. Mrs. Delacroix chooses a stone so large that she needs two hands to pick it up. She is nice to Tessie in the beginning and quick to throw her stone at the end. Her last name ironically means: A) Of the cross. B) Of death. C) She who throws stones. D) Watch your back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of the cross. 59. To seek information from A) Soberly. B) Ask. C) Defiant. D) Consult. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consult. 60. Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon means A) Corn ears will be extra large this year. B) The extra corn can be sold and extra money for the village. C) The corn will be plentiful this harvest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The corn will be plentiful this harvest. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Lottery Quiz 1The Lottery Quiz 2The Lottery Quiz 3The Lottery Quiz 4The Lottery Quiz 5The Lottery Quiz 6The Lottery Quiz 7The Lottery Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books