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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the lottery held each year?
(a) At the beginning of spring.
(b) Before the corn harvest.
(c) At Thanksgiving.
(d) During the full moon.

2. What is on each of the children's papers?
(a) A secret message.
(b) Nothing. They are blank.
(c) Gift certificates.
(d) Colored pictures.

3. What is the age of majority in the village?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Eighteen.

4. What does everyone get at this point?
(a) Instructions.
(b) Refreshments.
(c) Stones.
(d) Blank papers.

5. What accusation does Tessie make to Joe Summers?
(a) That someone else should draw for him.
(b) That he cheated when he drew his own slip.
(c) That he goes first every year to lessen his chances of getting the dot.
(d) That he doesn't like her and arranged for her to get the dot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some villages rumored to be doing with their lottery?

2. What does Tessie do with her paper?

3. How many slips do the Hutchinson's take out of the box?

4. Where is Tessie by the time everyone has their stones?

5. Is everyone present as the lottery ceremony begins?

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