Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
Why do the people in the village have a lottery each year?
To find out who is the luckiest person in the village.
To make sure that farmers have a good season.
So their children can enjoy the start of their holidays.
What do most people in the village think of the lottery?
They look forward to it each year..
They think it is bad and want it to stop.
They hope to pick the winning ticket.
Why was Mrs Hutchinson almost late for the lottery?
She was helping an old man stack wood.
She forgot that it was lottery day.
She had stopped to put on her apron.
Why don't the villagers want Mr Summers to make a new black box?
Because they don't want to change the ceremony in any way.
Because the current black box was given to the town by Old Man Warner.
Because the original black box lasted for many years.
Symbolism in literature is where a real object is used to stand for a thought, idea or feeling. What thought, idea or feeling does the black box NOT represent in this story?
Family
Death
Tradition
When talking about people in other villages giving up the lottery, Old Man Warner says this could lead to a number of bad things happening. Which of these is NOT one of them?
People won't have enough food to eat.
Society as we know it will fall apart.
The corn will be too heavy to carry.
What reason did Mrs Hutchinson give for saying that the first draw wasn't fair?
Don and Eva did not take their chance with the family.
Her husband was not given enough time to select a piece of paper.
She did not want any of her family to be included in the lottery.
What is the most likely reason that Mrs Hutchinson wanted Don and Eva to take their chance with her family?
It was the fairest thing to do because Eva was also part of the family.
This would give Mrs Hutchinson a lesser chance of being chosen.
Don was always lucky and therefore certain to win.
Who appears to be the luckiest person or group in the village?
Mrs Hutchison.
The three Hutchison children.
Old Man Warner.
Which of the following is NOT a possible moral (life lesson) from the story?
Gambling is bad, and can lead to people losing everything they hold dear.
We should not blindly follow outdated traditions, ideas, rules, laws, and practices.
Following the crowd can make people do things that they would not normally do.