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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tessie's paper mean?
(a) She is out of the lottery.
(b) She will have to draw again.
(c) She has been chosen.
(d) She gets to select the winner.

2. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?
(a) It is in the sun with neat houses, green lawns, and flowers everywhere.
(b) It is very metropolitan with shiny glass commercial buildings.
(c) It is gloomy and cold looking with gray houses.
(d) It is dusty and dry with the paint peeling off the houses.

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

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

5. Why do they stop using the wood chips?
(a) Trees are getting scarce.
(b) People get splinters form the wood.
(c) The village population is growing.
(d) They want to be more modern.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?

2. What sound is heard as the papers are opened?

3. What does Mr. Summers do as soon as he is sworn in?

4. What is Jackson's main theme in the story?

5. What is the instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?

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