A. present; limited third-person

B. present; omniscient third-person

C. past; limited third-person

D. past; objective third-person

A. It takes place annually, in late June.

B. Most of the townspeople want to end the tradition.

C. The children are the least willing to participate.

D. Most people want to change the black box used for the drawing.

A. To demonstrate the power of a tradition like the lottery

B. To ridicule angry, older people

C. To show that the lottery is necessary for the village’s survival

D. To establish a villain in the story

A. She was not on time.

B. She believes her husband was hurried.

C. She knows Mr. Summers dislikes the Hutchinsons.

D. She was not allowed to draw.

A. jovial

B. sad

C. impatient

D. horrified

A. “The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”

B. “’Listening to the young folks, nothing’s good enough for them. Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while.’”

C. “’Well, now,’ Mr. Summers said soberly, ’guess we better get started, get this over with, so’s we can go back to work. Anybody ain’t here?’”

D. “After that, there was a long pause, a breathless pause, until Mr. Summers, holding his slip of paper in the air, said, ’All right, fellows.’”