3.Read the excerpt from "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

"It's Tessie," Mr. Summers said, and his voice was hushed. "Show us her paper, Bill."

How does this dialogue move the plot forward?


It sets the stoning of Tessie in motion.


It makes the villagers change their minds.


It causes Old Man Warner to insist the lottery is necessary.


It ends the story.