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Comprehension Quiz on "The Lottery"

The document contains a 15-item pretest/posttest questionnaire about the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. The questions assess student comprehension at various levels, including literal understanding of details in the story, inferential questions about motivations and implications, and critical thinking questions about themes and the author's intent. The pretest/posttest aims to measure what students learned from reading the story through their ability to answer questions testing different types of comprehension.

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Comprehension Quiz on "The Lottery"

The document contains a 15-item pretest/posttest questionnaire about the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. The questions assess student comprehension at various levels, including literal understanding of details in the story, inferential questions about motivations and implications, and critical thinking questions about themes and the author's intent. The pretest/posttest aims to measure what students learned from reading the story through their ability to answer questions testing different types of comprehension.

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Appendix C-1.

Pretest/Posttest (First Trial Run)

Comprehension Questions on “The Lottery”


(Teacher-made questionnaire; to be answered by the students)

Directions: Read the questions carefully. Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer.

Literal

1. The story takes place in a full-summer day. When was the date of the lottery?
A. 4th of September
B. 27th of June
C. 3rd of April
D. 23rd of March

2. How many people are living in the village?


A. About 400
B. Less than 300 but more than 200
C. 486
D. More than one thousand

3. What kinds of stones were selected by the people to be used in the lottery?
A. Smoothest and roundest
B. Big and round
C. Attractive stones
D. Small and oval

4. Who was called as the “postmaster” in the story?


A. Martins
B. Mr. Summers
C. Hutchitson
D. Mr. Graves

5. What color of the symbolic box was mentioned in the story?


A. Black
B. Yellow
C. Red
D. Green
Inferential

6. Why are the children playing around in the morning during the lottery day?
A. Lottery day is always holiday
B. It was summer so there was no class
C. The teachers are participating the lottery day
D. The weather is good

7. What role do the children play in the ritual?


A. The children are the audience of the lottery.
B. The children are the ones who will stone the winner
C. The children are entrusted to select and guard the pile of stones.
D. The children are the entertainers of the ritual.

8. Why did Tessie believe it was unfair after knowing that her family was the chosen
one?
A. Because his husband was not given enough time to choose his slip
B. Because he was the last one to draw
C. Because he was the first one to draw
D. Because he was late during the draw

9. What is the significance of the black spot on the paper in the lottery?
A. It determines the winner.
B. It saves the chosen one.
C. It spares the people from bad luck.
D. It ends the lottery.

10. Why do the villagers continue participating in the lottery?


A. Because they believe that rituals will give them good luck
B. Because the older generations have passed it down
C. Because they have that mob mentality that overwhelms individual thought
D. All of the above

Critical

11. What might happen to Mrs. Hutchinson at the end of the story?
A. She will be casted away from the village
B. She will be brought to the hospital
C. She will die
D. She will be spared
12. How can you explain the presence of the children in the story?”
A. Children as the next generation are taught of their tradition
B. Children are the witnesses of the lottery
C. Children make the family complete
D. Children have the responsibility of the event

13. If you were one of the Hutchitson’s family members, how would you feel about
the incident?
A. Happy
B. Sad
C. Calm
D. Pathetic

14. In what sense is the story’s title ironic?


A. The winner does not receive a prize but condemn to death
B. The winner will be taken away from the village
C. Winning the lottery will turn out to be an awful thing
D. Everybody wins the lottery

15. What generalization you can make based from the events in the story?
A. Traditions must be strictly obeyed to have good luck in life
B. Some traditions are irrational and must be corrected
C. The family should hand down the tradition from one generation to another
D. The villagers should be united in keeping traditions.

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