This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 60 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of the lottery in the story? A) To distribute wealth among the citizens. B) To reward the most hardworking person in the community. C) To determine the next leader of the town. D) To randomly select a person for sacrifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To randomly select a person for sacrifice. 2. What does the word 'interminable' mean? A) Short. B) Brief. C) Endless. D) Limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endless. 3. Who is the official of the lottery in this town? A) Mr. Summers. B) Mr. Hutchinson. C) Old Man Warner. D) Mr. Graves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Summers. 4. To organize or carry out an event or process A) Liberty. B) Conduct. C) Reach. D) Imaginary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conduct. 5. About how many people lived in the small town? A) 500. B) 700. C) 200. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 6. Who was selected to draw for the Hutchinson family in the lottery? A) Mr. Summers. B) Old Man Warner. C) Mr. Graves. D) Bill Hutchinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bill Hutchinson. 7. What Is The Black Box A) Hi. B) Symbolizes death. C) A Ghost. D) The thing they pull the tickets from. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The thing they pull the tickets from. 8. In the beginning of the short story, the children are gathering stones into a pile. This is an example of what literary element? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 9. Not in attendance at this year's lottery because of a broken leg A) Mr. Summers. B) Clyde Dunbar. C) Bill Hutchinson. D) Old Man Warner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clyde Dunbar. 10. Who claims the lottery is unfair at the end of the story? A) Clyde Dunbar. B) Mr. Summers. C) Tessie Hutchinson. D) Mrs. Delacroix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tessie Hutchinson. 11. Andy didn't want to argue about a ..... A) Scrap of paper. B) Local newspaper. C) So far. D) As usual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scrap of paper. 12. To bring together or gather in one place A) Jarred. B) Assembled. C) Fumbled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assembled. 13. 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. 14. Why does Georgie not tell any stories when the boys are telling stories? A) He is too embarrassed. B) He doesn't trust the boys yet. C) He doesn't know any. D) His are too sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He doesn't know any. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. "'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. 18. 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. 19. This word means "to look carefully and thoroughly to determine the value of something" A) Survey. B) Raid. C) Liberty. D) Murmur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survey. 20. 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. ← 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