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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lottery hint at?

2. What do some people think about discontinuing the lottery?

3. Why does Tessie try to add her daughter's family to Bill Hutchinson's second drawing?

4. What is happening when they make any change in the lottery procedure?

5. What is Mr. Zanini's distinction at the lottery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the children react to their school holiday?

2. After Mrs. Dunbar has spoken up, what does Mr. Summers ask about the Watsons?

3. How does the Martin family make the scene appear like a gathering of everyday families?

4. Who is called after Mrs. Dunbar, showing that no one is left out of the lottery?

5. Who participates in the subsequent activity?

6. Why is the lottery held later in the morning in this particular village?

7. What does Mrs. Delacroix do to participate in the stoning?

8. What kind of lists are required for the conduct of the lottery?

9. Why is everything so organized in the village for the lottery?

10. Eventually, how do the people assemble as they wait for the lottery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do some research and write a paper that briefly describes cultures that have held human sacrifices. Identify, if possible, their reasons for doing so.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper about how children might be affected by the violence of the lottery. What will Davie Hutchinson be like when he is a teenager?

Essay Topic 3

Write two or three paragraphs about how a tradition was defeated in the USA. [For example, you might write about Women's Suffrage and how they got the right to vote.]

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