Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick

Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands and turned to Mrs.
Dunbar. “Come on,” she said. “Hurry up.”
Mrs. Dunbar had small stones in both hands, and she said, gasping for breath, “I can’t
run at all. You’ll have to go ahead and I’ll catch up with you.”
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The children had stones already. And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few
pebbles.
Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands
out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. “It isn’t fair,” she said. A stone hit her on the
side of the head.
Old Man Warner was saying, “Come on, come on, everyone.” Steve Adams was in the
front of the crowd of villagers, with Mrs. Graves beside him.
“It isn’t fair, it isn’t right,” Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her.
Pause for Comprehension Q11
Comprehension Questions:
1) Which of the following best describes the mood of the town before the lottery?
2) How do the townspeople treat the lottery box?
3) Which of the following describe the rituals of the lottery?
4) How does the town respond to Mrs. Hutchinson’s lateness?
a) Suspiciously
b) Rudely
c) Angrily
d) Pleasantly
5) Why is Mrs. Dunbar participating in the lottery?
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b) None of the men in her family are able to.
c) She is being punished by the town.
d) No one in her family will volunteer.
6) Which of the following describes the mood of the town when the lottery begins?