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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jackson satirizing by having the children participate so willingly in the stoning?
(a) Parents who let their children run their lives.
(b) Bringing children up with adults' biases.
(c) Hansel and Gretle.
(d) Well behaved children.

2. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?
(a) They are confused about it.
(b) They look forward to it.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They do not like the suspense.

3. What sound is heard as the papers are opened?
(a) The women speaking all at once.
(b) Nothing. It is very quiet.
(c) A collective sigh.
(d) The school marching band.

4. What serious formality occurs before the lottery begins?
(a) The singing of the village anthem.
(b) The pledge of allegiance.
(c) The blessing of the box.
(d) The swearing in of the officials.

5. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?
(a) That it is a tradition that must be continued.
(b) That everyone does not need to be present.
(c) That family is the least important thing in the village.
(d) That everyone knows how the tradition began.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to hold up his slip of paper?

2. What is the tone as the story begins?

3. What finally happens with Tessie?

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

5. What does the lottery hint at?

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