The Lottery Questions

1. Describe the setting, using specific details from the story in your answer.

A black box full of paper slips is brought to the town square.The town’s residents gather in the town square, and each draws a piece of paper. Bill Hutchison, the head of his household, draws a paper with a black dot on it. 

2. Explain the feelings of most people in town toward the lottery.  

The townspeople have mixed reactions to the annual lottery. Some are genuinely excited about it the children who don't know any better think it's an opportunity to play and talk together. Some of the boys pick up stones and fill their pockets, getting ready for the final part of the ceremony. They play and talk together as if it's just another social occasion. None of them truly understand the implications of this barbaric tradition.

3. What evidence is there that the lottery has been going on for a long time? 
The lottery box is tattered and old. The old trappings of the lottery are forgotten or withered. Old Man Warner claims he has been in the lottery for 77 years.  

4. What is Old Man Warner’s attitude about those who would like to change  things?  Old Man Warner actually believes that the Lottery is good for the town.

5. Explain how the lottery works. A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery.