1. What was the main reason the townspeople met in the center?
2. Why do you think only the boys, and not the girls, were collecting stones? What do you think the significance of that was?
3. What time of year does this story take place in? How do we know this?
4. What do you think the original black box symbolizes?
5. Why did Mrs. Hutchinson not think the lottery was fair?
6. Why did Mrs. Hutchinson’s daughter, Eva, not have to draw for a second time?
7. How many rounds of drawing took place in the story? How many rounds were there traditionally supposed to be?
8. What do the stones represent in today’s society?
9. Who drew out of the box in the first round? Why do you that person had the job?