Traditions
Rules of the Game
Who's Who
Sweating the Small Stuff
The Setting
100
What is the main tool for conducting the lottery?
A black box
100
On what day is the Lottery traditionally held?
June 27 (at 10:00am)
100
Give three details on Mr. Summers
Round-faced

Jovial

Ran the coal business

No children

Wife is a "scold" (probably mean)

Had time and energy to devote to civic activities

Conducts the lottery


100
The original tools, or this, for the lottery had been lost long ago. (vocabulary)
Paraphernalia
100
What are two details about the morning of the lottery? (describing the scene, adjectives)
Clear and sunny

Summer day

Flowers blooming profusely

Grass was richly green

200
What is the old saying about the lottery?
"Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon."
200
If a daughter is married, with which family does she stand for the lottery?
Her husband's
200
Why does Mrs. Dunbar have to fill in for her husband?
Mr. Dunbar has broken his leg.
200
Name one of the boys who prepare for the lottery by filling up their pockets with stones?
Bobby Martin

Harry Jones

Dickie Delacroix

200
What is the approximate population of the town?
About 300
300
Who picks for the lottery first?
The head of the household, usually the father.
300
Once the heads of the households have drawn the paper, who draws in the second round of the lottery?
All the family members of that head of household
300
What can you infer from the fact that the Watson boy will be drawing for his mother and himself?
That the father has died (from the lottery? from something else?)
300
The lottery used to have some solemn traditions as part of it. These parts may have included a salute, a chant. What do you call these solemn ways of doing something? (vocabulary)
A ritual
300
What is one feature of the town (building, special location, business...)
Town square

Post office

Bank

School

400
What happens to the "winner" of the lottery?
They get stoned by the villagers.
400
What are two things that have to be done before the lottery can be declared open?
Lists to make: heads of families, heads of households in each family, members of each household in each family.

Proper swearing-in of the official (Mr. Summers)

Preparing the slips

Getting the black box ready

Checking to make sure all the villagers are in attendance

Identifying the heads of households/who will draw for the lottery


400
Who are the members of the Hutchinson family?
Bill, Tessie, Bill, Jr., Nancy, and little Dave

Also, there's Eva, but she has joined her husband's family (Don)

400
How old was Nancy?
Twelve
400
What is the likely the primary livelihood in this town? (What is it that most of the families do for a living?)
Farming

Grow corn

Coal mine/company

500
What is one of the lost traditions of the lottery?
Used chips of wood

There had been a recital of some sort, performed by the official of the lottery, a tuneless chant.

Official of the lottery may have stood during this recital or walked among the people.


500
What is on the slip of paper that identifies you as the "winner"?
A black spot
500
Who thinks that other villages and young people are just "a pack of young fools" because they've stopped having a lottery?
Old Man Warner
500
Who is the author of this short story?
Shirley Jackson
500
How long did the lottery used to take, and how long does it take now?
It used to take two day and had to be started on the 26th. Because the village is so small now, it took less than two hours.
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