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

2. What is Jackson saying about tradition.
(a) That it is necessary to keep a culture alive.
(b) That tradition is better than creating new ways.
(c) That it is bad luck to change it.
(d) That very few people question it.

3. Who is the first to hold up his slip of paper?
(a) Mr. Graves.
(b) Bill Hutchinson.
(c) Old man Warner.
(d) Mr. Summers.

4. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?
(a) Look at their papers and hold them up.
(b) Drop their papers in the box.
(c) Look at their papers and not show them.
(d) Tear their papers into small pieces.

5. What are some villages rumored to be doing with their lottery?
(a) Discontinuing it.
(b) Combining it with another holiday.
(c) Adding a consolation prize.
(d) Holding parades before the lottery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they list the villagers before the lottery begins?

2. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?

3. What does Mrs. Dunbar hold in her hands?

4. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?

5. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?

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