Answer:
It is her most famous and most controversial story. She received lots of hate mail, even from her parents.
Explanation:
I could not find where it was her first short story. Another one, "Charles" was published in 1948, the same year as "The Lottery".
It is most definitely NOT a humorous story.
It was fiction.
Answer:
Claim
Explanation:
It is an opinion that cannot be definitively proven.
The one about the store uses the semicolon correctly.