Based on what you've read so far, what do you think the children will do with the pile of stones and rocks? Support your inference with textual evidence.
You've not provided a certain section for this question, but the boys will use the stones to "stone" the winner of the lottery.
Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. The pile of stones the boys had made earlier was ready; there were stones on the ground with the blowing scraps of paper that had come out of the box 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."
The Lottery
