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The Lottery Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| On what date does the lottery take place? | June 27th |
| How often does the lottery take place? | Once a year |
| Where does the lottery take place? | In the Village Square between the Post Office and the Bank |
| What is the population of the town? | 300 |
| How long does the lottery last? | One day in this village/2 days in other villages that have bigger populations |
| What are the boys in the square doing? | collecting stones in their pockets, putting them in a big stone pile |
| What are the girls doing in the beginning of the story? | Standing talking to each other, turning around and looking at the boys |
| What are the men and women doing as they wait for the lottery to begin? | speaking to one another, then they quietly form into groups separated by family |
| What details suggest that this is a social event? | The fact that everyone is talking to one another about regular life activities like farming, taxes, gossip, school, etc. and the fact that Mr. Summers also hosted other social events for their community. |
| Who conducts the lottery and what business does he run? | Mr. Summers and he owns the coal business |
| To what other civic activities is the lottery compared? | square dances, teen-age club, Halloween pageant |
| Why do they use pieces of paper instead of chips of wood for the lottery? | Because as the town's population grows, there is less room in the black box for pieces of wood. Paper is easier to fit in the box. |
| What about the lottery was traditional? | The black box, the fact that there was one every year |
| What about the lottery had changed over time? | The fact that paper was now used instead of wood chips, the fact that there were no longer salutes to people as they came up to draw or a formal chant everyone had to recite |
| How did people learn the rules of the lottery? | They had been going to it year after year since they had all been born. They just learned it through repetition of attending these lotteries so frequently. |
| Two drawings take place at the lottery. The first is for the __________, the second is for the individual. | family |
| What happens if a person can't attend the lottery due to illness? | The wife draws for her husband or an older son may also draw--basically a member of your family must draw in your place |
| Why do all the townspeople open their papers at the same time? | Because it wouldn't be fair if they were allowed to open their papers separately, it would give away who "won" the lottery and then other people would not take place in the drawing if someone had already been selected. |
| Why is it ironic that Mrs. Summers says, "Thought we were going to have to get on without you, Tessie" when Mrs. Hutchinson is late? | Because little does she know that Mrs. Hutchinson is going to be chosen in the lottery and killed, and then they really will have to "get on without her" |
| What did Old Man Warner mean when he said, "People ain't the way they used to be!" | He means that people are not as traditional about the lottery anymore. People try to make changes to it or modify the lottery and he is not comfortable with change. He likes things done the way they have always been done. |
| What family is "chosen" as a result of the drawing? | The Hutchinsons |
| What person is drawn to become the victim? | Tessie Hutchinson, the mother |
| At what point in the story does the reader realize what is going to happen? | when people start picking up stones and when a stone hits Tessie in the head |
| Who is the only one that seems upset with the results of the lotery? | Tessie Hutchinson |
| Why is Tessie so upset with the lottery's results? | because she knows she is going to die, she's freaking out |
| Did the author give any clue as to the year this story takes place in? | No |
| How does the story end? | The ending was when the crowd stoned Tessie Hutchinson |
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