This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 61 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was the last person to draw a slip of paper? A) Old Man Warner. B) Tessie Hutchinson. C) Bill Hutchinson. D) Mr. Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tessie Hutchinson. 2. What is author's voice? A) The way an author writes about the conflict of a story. B) The unique style a writer uses to convey their message. C) The author and how they speak when talking to someone. D) The way an author develops the main plot of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The unique style a writer uses to convey their message. 3. What do you think Old Man Warner means when he says, "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" ? A) The lottery is going to cause many deaths in the village. B) Harvest season is soon. C) He is just repeating a non-sense expression. D) The lottery is a sacrifice to ensure a good harvest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The lottery is a sacrifice to ensure a good harvest. 4. Having no end; endless A) Interminably. B) Disengaged. C) Petulantly. D) Soberly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interminably. 5. Moving or acting with speed or quickness A) Gradually. B) Haphazardly. C) Hastily. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hastily. 6. To allow a little light to go through A) Skepticism. B) Opaque. C) Malignantly. D) Consent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opaque. 7. "By now, all through the crowd there were men holding the small folded papers in their large hands, turning them over and over nervously" (paragraph 28). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 8. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip? A) Tessie. B) All of the children. C) Little Dave Hutchinson. D) The youngest daughter . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Little Dave Hutchinson. 9. With courage and determination A) Stoutly. B) Chant. C) Assembled. D) Ritual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stoutly. 10. Which literary device is established through the following quote?"The crowd was quiet. A girl whispered, 'I hope it's not Nancy, ' and the sound of the whisper reached the edges of the crowd, " (Jackson 6). A) Mood. B) Irony. C) Theme. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 11. What did Mrs. Hutchinson say when she realized her family was chosen? A) It's not fair. B) I don't want to participate. C) I refuse to take part. D) I demand a re-draw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's not fair. 12. Mrs. Delacroix chooses a stone so large that she needs two hands to pick it up. She is nice to Tessie in the beginning and quick to throw her stone at the end. Her last name ironically means: A) Of the cross. B) Of death. C) Watch your back. D) She who throws stones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of the cross. 13. To seek information from A) Soberly. B) Defiant. C) Consult. D) Ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consult. 14. Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon means A) Corn ears will be extra large this year. B) The extra corn can be sold and extra money for the village. C) The corn will be plentiful this harvest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The corn will be plentiful this harvest. 15. Lottery in June ..... be heavy soon A) Potties. B) Peppers. C) Water. D) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corn. 16. Who is the town's lottery official? A) Mr. Summers. B) Mr. Graves. C) Mr. Warner. D) Mr. Hutchinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Summers. 17. What does it mean to 'disengage'? A) To release from engagement. B) To become more engaged. C) To engage in a conflict. D) To engage in a conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To release from engagement. 18. To come before something else A) Select. B) Precede. C) Perfect. D) Ritual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precede. 19. The word "gravely" means A) Divided by something. B) To do something regularly and in a particular way. C) Behaving a somber or dignified way. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behaving a somber or dignified way. 20. "The crowd was quiet. 'I hope it's not Nancy, ' and the sound of the whisper reached the edges of the crowd" (paragraph 68). A) Foreshadowing. B) Not Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. ← 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