"The Lottery" Test

Match character to description: The ultimate "winner" of the lottery

• Mr. Summers

• Bill

• Mr. Warner

• Tessie

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match character to description: The lottery winner's husband

• Mr. Summers

• Bill

• Mr. Warner

• Tessie

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match character to description: The lottery official

• Mr. Summers

• Bill

• Mr. Warner

• Tessie

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match character to description: Old man who has taken part in 77 lotteries

• Mr. Summers

• Bill

• Mr. Warner

• Tessie

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match character to description: The person who is late to the lottery

• Mr. Summers

• Bill

• Mr. Warner

• Tessie

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are the boys doing at the beginning of the story?

• horsing around

• standing politely with their parents

• collecting stones

• running around wildly

Evidence in the story suggests that this is a...

• factory town

• farming community

• suburb of a large city

• backwoods settlement

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The lottery takes place during...

• fall

• winter

• spring

• summer

The purpose of the lottery seems to be to...

• offer a sacrifice for the town's sins

• seek revenge against evildoers

• randomly honor a person and his/her family

• out-do neighboring communities' crop yields

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following best describes the context of this story?

• It was written at the turn of the century during the Industrial Revolution.

• It was written just after World War II when society encouraged conformity.

• It was written in the 1950s when American housewives were treated inferiorly.

• It was written in the 1980s when people were afraid of the wartime spirit.