This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 35 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happens to the lottery "winner" ? A) The "winner" is taken in back of the town hall to be beheaded by Mr. Graves. B) The "winner" is allowed to divorce his/her spouse and marry any other villager of his/her choice. C) The "winner" wins all the money in the town's treasury, although the amount has never risen higher than $ 52.75. D) The "winner" is stoned to death by the entire village. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The "winner" is stoned to death by the entire village. 2. Some other towns are giving up the lottery. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. The ..... in the car would certainly send Jasier to jail. A) Ritual. B) Paraphernalia. C) Regretfully. D) Discard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraphernalia. 4. Who is drawing for his mother and himself? A) Jack Watson. B) Old Man Warner. C) Steve Adams. D) Mr. Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack Watson. 5. Read this line from the text: "There was a great deal of fussing to be done before Mr. Summers declared the lottery open"What is the meaning of the word "fussing" ? A) To be busy or occupied. B) To be angry or annoyed. C) To be calm and quiet. D) To be lazy or inactive tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be busy or occupied. 6. What is the condition of the black box used in the lottery? A) Brand new. B) Well-maintained. C) Shabby and splintered. D) Lost and replaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shabby and splintered. 7. Hanief ..... disobeyed the new dismissal time and walked right out of school at 2:35. He was quickly then expelled. A) Defiantly. B) Civic. C) Paraphernalia. D) Civic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defiantly. 8. Desperation describes this character A) Mrs. Delacroix. B) Tessie. C) Lil Davey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tessie. 9. "The Lottery" is told in the ..... tense, from a ..... point of view. A) Past tense, first person. B) Present tense, third person. C) Past tense, third person. D) Present tense, first person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past tense, third person. 10. When is the lottery held? A) June 24th. B) June 25th. C) June 26th. D) June 27th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) June 27th. 11. What does the box contain? A) Pieces of wood. B) Food. C) Slips of paper. D) Presents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slips of paper. 12. What mood does the author set at the beginning of the story? A) Dreadful. B) Light-hearted. C) Excited. D) Somber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light-hearted. 13. Why is the title of the story ironic? A) Lotteries sounds like a funny word. B) Lotteries are not normally done in towns. C) Lotteries are a very popular thing. D) Lotteries are typically good things for a person to win, but this one is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lotteries are typically good things for a person to win, but this one is not. 14. To free from attachment A) Jovial. B) Disengage. C) Jovial. D) Daintily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disengage. 15. Directions:Please match the following definition with the correct term belowIrritably; childishly sulky or bad-tempered A) Profusely. B) Paraphernalia. C) Shabbier. D) Interminably. E) Petulantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Petulantly. 16. What does the detail, "And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles, " at the end of the text show? A) It shows that the children no longer understand the violcnece of the lottery. B) It shows that Davy doesn't like his mother and wishes to hurt her. C) It shows that no one expects Davy to seriously injure his mother. D) It shows that everyone participates in the lottery, even Mrs. Hutchinson's young son. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It shows that everyone participates in the lottery, even Mrs. Hutchinson's young son. 17. Who drew the slip of paper for Clyde Dunbar? A) Janey Dunbar. B) Mr. Summers. C) Mr. Martin. D) Baxter Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Janey Dunbar. 18. What word is defined as:characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality; jolly A) Petulant. B) Reprimand. C) Jovial. D) Paraphernalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jovial. 19. What Was The Day Of The Lotery? A) June 27th. B) Christmas. C) June 2nd. D) August 27th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June 27th. 20. Cheerful A) Stoutly. B) Ritual. C) Shabbier. D) Jovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jovial. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesThe Lottery Quiz 1The Lottery Quiz 2The Lottery Quiz 3The Lottery Quiz 4The Lottery Quiz 5The Lottery Quiz 6The Lottery Quiz 7The Lottery Quiz 8The Lottery Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books