In the story, the lottery is put in the same category as "the square dances, the teenage club, the Halloween program" and other "civic activities" (lines 38-40). Based on these ideas, how do you expect the winner of the lottery to feel?

A. curious

B. bored

C. fearful

D. happy

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Peyton Boyd

18 June, 13:22

In the story, the lottery is put in the same category as "the square dances, the teenage club, the Halloween program" and other "civic activities" (lines 38-40). Based on these ideas, how do you expect the winner of the lottery to feel?

A. curious

B. bored

C. fearful

D. happy

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Argus · Answer 1

D. Happy

Before the story reaches it's climax/ending, the reader expects the Lottery to be a prize that the winner looks forward too. As the comparisons are all traditions that people looks forward to winning, it is expected that the Lottery is something that would make the winner happy.

In the story, the lottery is put in the same category as "the square dances, the teenage club, the Halloween program" and other "civic activities" (lines 38-40). Based on these ideas, how do you expect the winner of the lottery to feel?A. curiousB. boredC. fearfulD. happy

In the story, the lottery is put in the same category as "the square dances, the teenage club, the Halloween program" and other "civic activities" (lines 38-40). Based on these ideas, how do you expect the winner of the lottery to feel?

A. curious

B. bored

C. fearful

D. happy