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English
5th
grade
Shirley Jackson - Lottery (thematic comprehension)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
On what day does the lottery take place?
January 25th
June 25th
July 26th
June 27th
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who "won" the lottery?
Tessie Hutchinson
Clyde Dunbar
Bill Hutchinson
Mrs. Delacroix
- 3. Multiple Choice
Choose TWO themes in "The Lottery"?
All traditions are important and should never be forgotten.
Individuals can do terrible things when pressured by society.
Some villages have dangerous traditions
It is dangerous to blindly follow tradition.
Lotteries are always in the best interest of everyone involved
- 4. Multiple Choice
How do the townspeople view the lottery box?
They are afraid of it.
They all want to get rid of it.
They see it as part of a tradition.
They are disinterested in the box.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why is Mrs. Dunbar participating in the lottery?
It’s her turn to participate.
None of the men in her family are able to.
She is being punished by the town.
No one in her family will volunteer.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why does the town have a lottery?
It is a tradition that is thought to bring them a good harvest.
Both the young and the old support the lottery.
They like to remember their town’s history.
They genuinely enjoy the lottery.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Tessie Hutchinson tries to convince the townspeople that…
the lottery should be stopped.
her husband wasn’t given a fair chance.
her husband shouldn’t be participating.
her husband took the wrong piece of paper.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Do other towns hold similar lotteries?
no, this is the only town
yes, they all do it
some do it, some have stopped doing it
there is no information about this in the story
- 9. Multiple Choice
Is there any protest or criticism of the lottery among the town people?
Yes, constantly
A little
only by Old Man Warner
only by the victim
- 10. Multiple Choice
Did the story really happen?
yes this happened a lot in USA
no, it's fiction and symbolic
yes, but only in one town
- 11. Multiple Choice
How famous/popular/well known is this short story?
very unknown
known by literature lovers
about every American gets to read this in high school
- 12. Multiple Choice
The story can be read as a criticism of...
(check all answers that apply)
small town life
romantic love
democracy
world war 2
blind belief in tradition
- 13. Multiple Choice
This story was first published in...
1948
1908
1969
1959
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