This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 45 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "" I think we ought to start over, ' Mrs. Hutchinson said, as quietly as she could. 'I tell you it wasn't fair. You didn't give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that" (paragraph 61). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 2. In a rebellious manner A) Defiantly. B) Jovial. C) Gravely. D) Duly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defiantly. 3. "Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones." This passage in the story reflects a ..... mood in the story. A) Melancholy. B) Hesitant. C) Compassionate. D) Violent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Violent. 4. What is an example of foreshadowing in "The Lottery" ? A) The children participating in the lottery. B) The children picking up stones at the start of the story. C) The fact that winning the lottery is a terrible thing. D) The fact that the lottery is a village tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children picking up stones at the start of the story. 5. How many people live in the village? A) Less than 100. B) About 300. C) About four hundred. D) 3, 446. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About 300. 6. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day ..... " The passage from the story "The Lottery" is developing the A) Theme. B) Rising action. C) Setting. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 7. "Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets with stones, and the other boys soon followed his example ..... eventually, they had a great pile of stones in one corner of the square ..... " What chilling secret does this passage hint at? A) Foreshadowing. B) Situational Irony. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 8. My normally enthusiastic brother delivered a ..... performance at his piano recital. A) Ritual. B) Perfunctory. C) Lottery. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfunctory. 9. Mr. Graves made up the slips of paper and put them in the box. A) True. B) False. C) Doesn't say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. How many people live in the town? A) 5, 000. B) 300. C) 30, 000. D) 100, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300. 11. Which one of these actions is behaving "petulantly" ? A) Laughing. B) Fighting. C) Pouting. D) Sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pouting. 12. Why is Mrs. Dunbar stepping up for the lottery? A) It's her adventurous spirit calling!. B) Her family's men are nowhere to be found. C) She lost a bet with the town. D) Her family is playing hide and seek. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her family's men are nowhere to be found. 13. We know the exact year each story takes place. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. As the population of the village grew, ..... were replaced with slips of paper in the lottery box. A) Small stones. B) Scraps of ribbon. C) Pieces of cardboard. D) Chips of wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chips of wood. 15. What is the final twist or revelation in "The Lottery" ? A) The winner is pardoned. B) The lottery is abolished. C) The lottery is held in another town. D) The winner is stoned to death by the villagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The winner is stoned to death by the villagers. 16. How tall is Ms. Angela? (deduct CA if wrong) A) Definitely shorter than I am (hehe!). B) Maybe between 1m and 2m. C) 1.59999999999999 meters. D) Ms. Angela is still growing so I cannot answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.59999999999999 meters. 17. What is the meaning of the word Tradition? A) Inherited pattern of thought or action. B) Objects used for a particular purpose or activity. C) The state of being gathered together. D) An event in which the result is determined by chance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inherited pattern of thought or action. 18. What kind of questions does Georgie hate to answer? A) Math. B) Science. C) Reading. D) Personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personal. 19. Who said that:''Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery." A) Bobby Martin. B) Old Man Warner. C) The tall boy. D) Tessie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old Man Warner. 20. What is the best description of a theme from the story? A) Stone people to death to have a successful harvest. B) Blindly following tradition can be dangerous. C) Not everything is as it seems. D) It is important to follow traditions no matter what. 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