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100
This character "ultimately" wins the lottery.
Who is Tessie?
100
Piles of these being gathered around town are the first examples of foreshadowing in "The Lottery."
What are stones/rocks?
100
The black box symbolizes
What are evil, death, tradition
100
The people of the town are gathering for this event.
What is the lottery?
100
Tessie calls the lottery this word at the end of "The Lottery" before she is killed.
What is "unfair"?
200
This character carried the black box to the center of town and led the lottery.
Who is Mr. Summers?
200
What is one way the author adds suspense to the story?
What is switches up the pacing?
200
This character symbolizes the old traditions.
Who is Old Man Warner?
200
This symbol on a piece of paper means you have won the lottery.
What is a black dot?
200
This character arrived late to the lottery
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
300
The oldest man in town. He wants the old traditions to stay alive.
Who is Old Man Warner?
300
Define theme
What is a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly?
300
Define symbol
What is a figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning?
300
This is the month during which the story takes place.
What is June?
300
What is the tone of the lottery?
What is suspense and tension?
400
Forces the paper with the black dot from Tessie's hands.
Who is Bill Hutchinson?
400
This black object foreshadows death to come.
What is the black box?
400
What does Old Man Warner say about the north village?
What is they are foolish for giving up the lottery. Will revert back to uncivilized ways?
400
This is the reason for doing the lottery every year.
What is making the corn grow?
400
What is the situational irony in the lottery?
What is readers expected the winner to win money instead of a stoning?
500
This member of the Hutchinson family is the smallest and needed to be helped up into the black box.
Who is Little Davy?
500
Provide an example of theme in "The Lottery"
What is the reluctance to give up outdated traditions or rituals is an example of this?
500
"The Lottery" is an allegory for the
What is the Holocaust?
500
Who in the family draws the white piece of paper from Mr. Summers?
Who is the father
500
This is the word in the English language with the most definitions.
What is "set"?