The Lottery Plot

"Used to be a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.' First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There's always been a lottery,".

What does this show the reader?

• The lottery is a tradition

• The elders (old people) believe that the lottery is needed.

• They believe if they don't do the lottery, they will starve.

• All of these

Tessie Hutchinson creates a scene during the lottery when she...

• Shouts that the drawing wasn't fair

• Cries when she draws her paper

• Yells at Mr. Summers and calls him names

• None of these

• All of these

The end of the story is ironic because...

• The author is the mother

• The winner of the lottery loses their life

• The winner of the lottery wins a huge prize

• The townspeople are happy

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What was different about Tessie's paper?

• It was blank

• It was ripped

• It had a heavy pencil mark on it

• All of these

When do you understand why the boys were picking up rocks in the beginning?

• once the lottery has started

• when the adult enter the square

• when the old man Warner explains it

• only at the very end of the story

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Which event happens in the exposition?

• Tessie draws the piece of paper with the black dot.

• In the summer morning of June 27th, about 300 cheery villagers gather in the town square for the annual lottery.

• Tessie gets stoned to death by the villagers.

• Tessie protests, "It wasn't fair!" The villagers close in on her and begin the stoning.

• Mr. Summers presents the black box. He reads family names, and the heads of families draw papers from the box.

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Which of the following events does NOT happen in the rising action?

• Mr. Summers checks the attendance by calling family names.

• Old Man Warner opposes the idea of quitting the lottery.

• Tessie gets stoned to death by the villagers.

• Tessie protests that her husband Bill has not been given enough time to choose.

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Which of the following is the climactic event?

• The villagers gather in the town square for the lottery.

• Tessie gets stoned to death by the villagers.

• Little Davy receives stones from a villager.

• Tessie draws the piece of paper with the black dot.

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Which event takes place in the falling action?

• Tessie protests, "It wasn't fair!" However, the villagers still close in on her.

• Old Man Warner states, "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon."

• Tessie arrives late at the town square.

• Bill silences Tessie in her protest.

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What is the resolution of the story?

• The children collect stone and pile them at the center of the town square.

• The villagers express their desire to replace the black box with a new one.

• The Hutchinsons draw papers again.

• Tessie gets stoned to death by the villagers.

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