The Lottery: Quotes (What was Said)

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Q. Who said, "Get up there, Bill"?

Bobby Martin
Bobby Jones
Joe Summers
Tess Hutchinson
Mr. Adams
Q. Who said, ""Make them take their chance!"?

Tess Hutchinson
Bill Hutchinson
Bobby Martin
Dickie Delacroix
Harry Jones
Q. Who selected a large stone and said, "Hurry up"?

Bobby Martin
Dickie Delacroix
Joe Summers
Mrs. Delacroix

Bill Hutchinson
Q. Who wanted to evolve from chips of wood to something "that would fit more easily in a
black box"?

Bobby Martin
Dickie Delacroix
Bobby Jones
Old Man Warner
Joe Summers
Q. Who said, "Daughters draw with their husbands' families"?

Bill Hutchinson
Tess Hutchinson
Joe Summers
Mrs. Delacroix
Mr. Delacroix

The Lottery: Quotes (What was Said)

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1 Who said, "Get up there, Bill"? -> Tess Hutchinson
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False
2 Who said, ""Make them take their chance!"? -> Tess Hutchinson
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True
False
3 Who selected a large stone and said, "Hurry up"? -> Joe Summers
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True
False
4 Who wanted to evolve from chips of wood to something "that would fit more easily in a black
. box"? -> Old Man Warner
True
False

5 Who said, "Daughters draw with their husbands' families"? -> Joe Summers
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True
False

The Lottery: Themes (For the Most

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Q. This is a story of an annual

Tradition
Folklore
Innovation
Graduation
Religious ceremony
Q. What replaced wood chips?

Straws
Coins
Bills
Paper
Twigs
Q. Much of life and wealth can be left to

Work

Chance
Education
Family
Genetics
Q. There is a line drawn between the social place of ____ and their emotional importance.

Families
Homes
Cars
Ceremonies
Parties
Q. Traditional _____ and ____ divisions are analyzed.

Social/gender
Male/female
Rich/poor
Smart/dumb
Pretty/ugly

The Lottery: Symbols Quiz

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Q. The lottery is a(n)

Pun

Allegory
Assonance
Alliteration
Haiku
Q. The lottery could symbolize

Festivals
Holidays
Get rich quick schemes
Fun
Community rules
Q. The black box functions

All year
4 times a year
Twice a year
A full day
2 hours
Q. The Christian Trinity could be symbolized by the

Black box
Stool
Stones
Paper
Lottery itself
Q. How many legs does the stool have?

1
2
3
4
11

The Lottery: No, You Don't Get a

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Q. What is Mr. Summers' job?

Official toolbox
Running civic events
Postman
Wino
Q. What do the children collect?

Pokemon cards
Silly bands
Stones
Sticks
Q. Who gets selected from the black box?

Santa
Bill Hutchinson
Everyone
No one
Q. What happens to the person who gets the black dot?

They get stoned, the old fashioned way, with rocks.

They get a cookie.
They get to choose who the villagers should kill.
They become mayor.
Q. What does Tess do as the villagers come forward?

Offers cookies
Protests
Quietly accepts her fate

The Lottery: Not for School Admission

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Q. What is the date?

June 27
Mother's Day
Father's Day
The Day of the Locust
Q. Where is the town square?

Between the circle and the triangle

There is no square. It is really a rhombus.
On the edge of town
Between the post office and the bank
Q. How long does it take some large villages to complete the lottery?

15 minutes but they use computers

up to 2 days
Three weeks at the minimum
They are still counting as we speak
Q. How many people are in this village?

1, it isn't really a village

4, just one family
300 people
1,346,234
Q. What do the farmers NOT discuss?

Weather
Obamacare and its implications for small business
Planting
Taxes

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1. With the exception of the final five paragraphs, are there any indications of violence in
the life of the village? What might the absence or presence of violence in other aspects
of village life indicate, in light of the story's conclusion?
2. Do you agree with Mrs. Hutchinson is the lottery unfair? How or how not? Her friends
and neighbors point out that they all take the same risks in participating.
3. Are there any clues in the story that might explain how the lottery first started? What
might its purpose be? What passages give the reader clues about the origins of this
ritual?