This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 59 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happens when someone "wins" the lottery? A) They are removed from the village. B) They are stoned to death. C) They have to sacrifice one of their children. D) They win the town's yearly monetary prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are stoned to death. 2. 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. 3. What did Bobby Martin and the other boys collect before the lottery? A) Leaves. B) Stones. C) Coins. D) Flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stones. 4. They held a ..... to determine who could get a Pokemon card. A) Lottery. B) Lapse. C) Assembled. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lottery. 5. 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. 6. The organization of the lottery itself suggests that the power structure in this village is A) Matriarchal. B) Patriarchal. C) Progressive. D) Egalitarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patriarchal. 7. 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. 8. PART A:What inference can be made about Old Man Warner's perspective of the lottery? A) He believes that Joe Summers does a perfect job of running the lottery. B) He believes that their village should also quit the lottery tradition. C) He believes that the young people are wrong for wanting to change the lottery tradition. D) He believes that the young people appreciate the lottery tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He believes that the young people are wrong for wanting to change the lottery tradition. 9. 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. 10. What is one thing the person would help their friends with if they won the lottery? A) Pay for a vacation. B) Pay off student loans. C) Buy a new car. D) Buy a new house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pay off student loans. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. Which member of the family in this story "wins" the lottery? A) The daughter. B) The mother. C) The father. D) The son. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mother. 14. 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. 15. Where was the black box kept when it was not being used for the lottery? A) In the Martin grocery store. B) In Mr. Graves' barn. C) In Mr. Summers' coal company safe. D) In the post office. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In Mr. Summers' coal company safe. 16. What sentence structure is found in this sentence?Go to your room immediately. A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Exclamatory. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperative. 17. 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) Mood. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal irony. 18. "The lottery was conducted ..... " What does conducted mean? A) To come before something. B) To come after something. C) To do something regularly. D) To organize or carry out an event. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To organize or carry out an event. 19. 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. 20. What does the word 'profuse' mean? A) Small in amount. B) Great in amount. C) Lacking in number. D) Unrestrained. 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