This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was the biggest supporter of the tradition of the Lottery. A) Mr. Graves. B) Mrs. Hutchinson. C) Old Man Warner. D) Tessie Hutchinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old Man Warner. 2. What does Eddie say Robin will never do? A) Learn. B) Change. C) Shine. D) Dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shine. 3. What are the Hunger Games? A) A fight to the death on live TV. B) A special meal for every hungry person. C) A new brand of clothing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fight to the death on live TV. 4. Showing signs of wear and tear A) Paraphernalia. B) Shabbier. C) Chant. D) Profusely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shabbier. 5. What does the use of the word boisterous suggest in paragraph 2? A) The kids were nervous for the lottery. B) The kids were happy Mrs. Hutchinson was selected. C) The kids were cheerful and excited to see their classmates. D) The kids were playing quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The kids were cheerful and excited to see their classmates. 6. Why is Mrs. Dunbar participating in the lottery? A) It's her turn to participate. B) None of the men in her family are able to. C) She is being punished by the town. D) No one in her family will volunteer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) None of the men in her family are able to. 7. Surveying A) Viewing. B) Ignore. C) Evidence. D) Routine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viewing. 8. How does the town assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony? A) In double filelines. B) Crowding forward to try to be rstto draw. C) Coming together in family groups. D) Making a huge circle in the town square. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making a huge circle in the town square. 9. Why does this society conduct the annual lottery? A) They believe their crops will grow if they make an annual sacrifice. B) They are concerned about overpopulation. C) They don't really know why because they've always done it. D) The family chosen for the lottery receives a year of good luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They believe their crops will grow if they make an annual sacrifice. 10. Which kind of characterization is this? "Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly ..... Bobby Martin ducked under his mother's grasping hand and ran, laughing, back to the pile of stones. His father spoke up sharply, and Bobby came quickly and took his place between his father and his oldest brother" (3) A) Direct. B) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect. 11. When Shirley Jackson published this story, people were A) Astonished at how clever it was. B) Uninterested, bored. C) Outraged and thought she was disturbed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outraged and thought she was disturbed. 12. Her interest in dolls ..... when she entered middle school. A) Tradition. B) Paraphernalia. C) Tradition. D) Lapsed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lapsed. 13. What is the villagers' general attitude towards the lottery? A) Excited. B) Resigned. C) Nervous. D) Indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resigned. 14. What word is defined as:having or seeming to have no end; continuing for too long and therefore boring or annoying A) Interminable. B) Boisterous. C) Reprimand. D) Paraphernalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interminable. 15. "There had been a recital of some sort, performed by the official of the lottery, a perfunctory, tuneless chant that had been rattled off duly each year ..... "Doing something in a perfunctory way means doing it without A) Caution. B) Enthusiasm. C) Preparation. D) Skill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enthusiasm. 16. How do people feel about the lottery? A) They are waiting for it, they like to look at violence and they are excited. B) They are used to it and return to their duties after the lottery. C) It is a happy tradition for entire families. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are used to it and return to their duties after the lottery. 17. Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles A) Petulantly. B) Ritual. C) Paraphernalia. D) Shabbier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paraphernalia. 18. Part A:What does Old Man Warner's character represent in the text? A) People's desire to cling to tradition. B) People's fear of change. C) People's violent tendencies. D) People's fear of death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People's desire to cling to tradition. 19. In which month and season does the story take place? A) June, summer. B) December, winter. C) April, spring. D) October, fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June, summer. 20. Previous or something that came before A) Petulant. B) Precede. C) First. D) Devote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precede. ← 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