This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 69 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 69 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the boys gathering at the beginning of the story? A) Flowers. B) Snacks. C) Stones. D) Chips of wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stones. 2. What are the children gathering up and putting into a large pile? A) Sticks. B) Stones. C) Straw. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stones. 3. Which word is a good synonym for the word "civic?" A) Civilized. B) Earth. C) House. D) Town. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Town. 4. What are the villagers like once the lottery begins? A) They were friendly and are greeting each other. B) The villagers seem nervous and quiet. C) They were excited. D) The villagers seemed angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The villagers seem nervous and quiet. 5. To be without flaws or defects A) Precede. B) Generation. C) Perfect. D) Imaginary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perfect. 6. The boys collecting rocks at the beginning of the story is an example of which literary element? A) Irony. B) Foreshadowing. C) Theme. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 7. Which of the following words matches the definition?"An act or expression of criticism" A) Soberly. B) Boisterous. C) Interminably. D) Reprimand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reprimand. 8. Which statement best describes the central idea of the text? A) While traditions are sometimes outdated, they are necessary to preserve the past. B) It is natural for people to follow their individual conscience rather than conform to a group. C) Sometimes a few people must be sacrificed to secure the survival of all. D) It can be dangerous to blindly follow traditions and conform to society's expectations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It can be dangerous to blindly follow traditions and conform to society's expectations. 9. True or False-The author included Old Man Warner to demonstrate the power of a tradition like the lottery. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Ollie, Oliver, and Emma are participating in a school debate on environmental issues. Who among them would you say is arguing in a firm or determined way? A) Ollie, who is arguing stoutly. B) Oliver, who is arguing strongly. C) Emma, who is arguing softly. D) All of them are arguing loosely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ollie, who is arguing stoutly. 11. What family does Tessie belong to? A) Hutchinson. B) Warner. C) Summers. D) Graver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hutchinson. 12. Why did the author write, " ..... and someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles?" A) It shows that no one expects Davy to seriously injure his mother. B) It shows that Davy doesn't like his mother and wishes to hurt her. C) It shows that everyone participates in the lottery, even Mrs. Hutchinson's young son. D) It shows that the children no longer understand the violence of the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It shows that everyone participates in the lottery, even Mrs. Hutchinson's young son. 13. Mr. Summers runs all of these activities but this one. A) Square dances. B) Teen club. C) Christmas program. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christmas program. 14. Keyon talks ..... to Amira in the hallway everyday. A) Paraphernalia. B) Discard. C) Ritual. D) Interminably. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interminably. 15. Which element of the story is a key piece of foreshadowing? A) The black box. B) The white slips of paper. C) The stones. D) The stool. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stones. 16. What happens in the middle of the story? A) The villagers gather in the town square for an annual event. B) Mr. Summers prepares for the lottery. C) Tessie is chosen and yells "It's not fair!" as people throw stones at her. D) Little Davey is chosen and runsaway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Summers prepares for the lottery. 17. Mr. Summers ran the oil business. A) True. B) False. C) Doesn't say. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Why do the villagers gather in the town square? A) For a village feast. B) To celebrate a wedding. C) To watch a parade. D) For the event called 'the lottery'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For the event called 'the lottery'. 19. The things that are needed for a particular activity A) Daintily. B) Jovial. C) Reprimand. D) Interminably. E) Paraphernalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Paraphernalia. 20. Which word means "pertaining to the government or municipalities?" A) Civic. B) Interminably. C) Disengaged. D) Petulantly. E) Perfunctory. 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