This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Short Stories > The Lottery – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Lottery Quiz 76 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The children gathering rocks at the beginning of the story is an example of? A) Irony. B) Foreshadowing. C) Hyperbole. D) Unreliable narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 2. Interminable A) Expired. B) Temporary. C) Ending. D) Unending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unending. 3. Andy and Simon worked at a ..... A) Warehouse. B) Casino. C) Locker room. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warehouse. 4. You see someone drop their wallet. Which of these options would be the ETHICAL decision? A) Taking the money out and giving the wallet back. B) Keeping the wallet. C) Throwing the wallet in a lake after stealing the money. D) Giving the wallet back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Giving the wallet back. 5. At what moment in the overall plot of a story does the conflict of the story reach a turning point? A) Climax. B) Falling Action. C) Exposition. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 6. Tucker, Oliver, and Callen are participating in a school play. Tucker is performing a scene that represents a phrase meaning 'done routinely without much thought or effort'. What phrase is Tucker performing? A) Perfunctory. B) Systematically. C) Deliberate. D) Conscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfunctory. 7. The flowers were blossoming PROFUSELY and the grass was richly green. A) In large amounts. B) Dying or sickly. C) Loudly or nosily. D) Brightly or shiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In large amounts. 8. In Old Man Warner's mind, discontinuing the lottery would be ..... A) A dangerous step into the future. B) The beginning of communism. C) A step backward to primitive life. D) The result of the foolishness of Mr. Summers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A step backward to primitive life. 9. What was the saying about the lottery in June according to Old Man Warner? A) Lottery in June, wind be strong soon. B) Lottery in June, sun be shining soon. C) Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon. D) Lottery in June, rain be plenty soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon. 10. Mood can be defined as ..... A) The physical location, time, and social environment a story takes place. B) The emotional effect or feeling that a text creates in a reader. C) The background information that is important to a text. D) Hints or clues that help readers determine what will happen next or at the end. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The emotional effect or feeling that a text creates in a reader. 11. He was a round-faced, JOVIAL man whom people immediately liked. A) Cheerful and Friendly. B) Rude and Crude. C) Smart & knowledgeable. D) Forgetful & irresponsible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheerful and Friendly. 12. In the beginning of the story, this foreshadows what is about to happen. A) Tessie says, "It's not fair!". B) Children were gathering stones. C) Tessie was excited for the lottery and joked she almost forgot what day it was. D) The day was sunny and people were laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children were gathering stones. 13. What is the "lottery" for? A) To choose one person to be killed. B) To choose one person to be the next leader of the village. C) To choose one person to receive a large sum of money. D) To choose who should be kicked out of the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To choose one person to be killed. 14. I need to have ..... twelve oranges for dinner. A) Defiantly. B) Daintily. C) Quietly. D) Precisely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precisely. 15. This word means "a hopeless sense that something is so bad, that it's impossible to deal with; a great need or desire for something" A) Desperate. B) Hesitate. C) They hesitate. D) Jovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desperate. 16. Which of the following is not a reason that the town continues the lottery each year? A) Mob mentality. B) Tradition. C) To have a good harvest. D) They genuinely enjoy it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They genuinely enjoy it. 17. Who conducts the lottery in the town? A) Mr. Summers. B) Mr. Hutchinson. C) Mr. Graves. D) Mrs. Delacroix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Summers. 18. The word "force" means A) To use power to move something. B) Relating to the whole of something rather than part of it. C) To come before something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To use power to move something. 19. Divided by something A) Apart. B) Raise. C) Conform. D) Civic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apart. 20. Which was your favorite story? A) The Lottery. B) The Hunger Games. C) I don't like dystopian literature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Lottery. ← 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