This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 72 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does 'perfunctory' mean? A) To scold or find fault with someone. B) Pertaining to the countryside. C) Acting routinely with little interest or care. D) Abundantly; generously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acting routinely with little interest or care. 2. How is the lottery box perceived? A) People are afraid of it. B) Citizens want to get rid of it. C) It is just an ordiniary box. D) The box is part of a tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The box is part of a tradition. 3. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day ..... " The preceding passage is found in the exposition of the story. This passage is developing the ..... for the reader? A) Setting. B) Rising action. C) Theme. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 4. Many times Jackson slows down the pace in "The Lottery" in order to A) Emphasis tradition. B) Build suspense. C) Cheer up the reader. D) Show the sadness of death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Build suspense. 5. What is the color of the box used for the lottery? A) Black. B) Grey. C) Brown. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black. 6. On page two, where does the tone of the story most dramatically shift? A) Between paragraphs 6 and 7. B) Between paragraphs 7 and 8. C) Between paragraphs 8 and 9. D) Between paragraphs 9 and 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Between paragraphs 9 and 10. 7. That Friday morning Andy bought a lottery ticket ..... A) As usual. B) Scrap of paper. C) Local newspaper. D) So far. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As usual. 8. The prefix PRE means what? A) Before. B) After. C) Nothing it's just letters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 9. What happens to Georgie's rosebush the day after he plants it? A) It gets ripped out. B) It disappears. C) It gets mowed over. D) It dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It gets ripped out. 10. How does Georgie treat the person Mr. Collier introduces to him? A) He is nervous. B) He is kind. C) He is excited. D) He is off-putting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is kind. 11. I ..... apologized to my friend, even though I knew she was wrong. A) Daintily. B) Lottery. C) Regretfully. D) Precede. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regretfully. 12. What word meansabundantly, in great amount A) Reprimand. B) Lapse. C) Ritual. D) Profusely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profusely. 13. The boy waited PETULANTLY for his turn to ride the horse, realizing he had been overlooked twice before. A) Tired or exhausted. B) Patient or understanding. C) Childishly or bad-tempered. D) Happy or elated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Childishly or bad-tempered. 14. What does the main idea of a text help us understand? A) The main idea of a text helps us understand the font style used by the author. B) The main idea of a text helps us understand the weather conditions during the writing process. C) The main idea of a text helps us understand the central theme or message that the author is trying to convey. D) The main idea of a text helps us understand the author's favorite color. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The main idea of a text helps us understand the central theme or message that the author is trying to convey. 15. Why are Nancy and Bill Jr. happy when they open their slips of paper? A) They have won the lottery. B) Their family has been chosen for the lottery. C) This is the town's final lottery. D) They have not been chosen for the lottery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They have not been chosen for the lottery. 16. Which answer would be the best choice for the central idea of this story? A) It's good, to keep the population of a town to a low number. B) Sometimes friends and neighbors lie to you. C) Some traditions or rules should be changed, because they cause harm to others. D) You should follow what everyone else is doing, so they won't turn against you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some traditions or rules should be changed, because they cause harm to others. 17. When people don't agree with each other, they often ..... A) Argue. B) Both. C) Each other. D) Drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argue. 18. What is a theme of the story "The Lottery" ? A) Small towns are full of evil people. B) All lotteries should be outlawed. C) Blindly following traditions of the past can be dangerous. D) All disasters are preventable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blindly following traditions of the past can be dangerous. 19. Which character tries to stop the lottery? A) Old Man Warner. B) Mr. Summers. C) Tessie Hutchinson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tessie Hutchinson. 20. What does interminably mean? A) Another word for politely and indubitably. B) A word connected to highway terminology. C) Something that seems to have no end. Homework feels interminable!. D) An incurable illness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something that seems to have no end. Homework feels interminable!. ← 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