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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which stones are the most prized for use in the lottery?
(a) Hard, jagged ones.
(b) Shiny, decorative ones.
(c) Smooth, round ones.
(d) Heavy, flat ones.

2. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?
(a) Inviting strangers into the village.
(b) Going back to the Stone Age.
(c) Shaming the ancestors.
(d) Taking the life out of the village.

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

4. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?
(a) He does not respond to his mother's call and his father reprimands him.
(b) He puts the stones he collected in his pocket.
(c) He gets his clean clothes all dirty and has to go home and change.
(d) He gets in a fight with another boy and has a bloody nose.

5. What does Jackson suggest about civic prominence in the character of Mr. Summers.
(a) That age is the criterion for civic leadership.
(b) That Summers has no real power in the village.
(c) That wealth is the standard for importance.
(d) That everyone is equal regardless of wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone get at this point?

2. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?

3. What are the women doing before the lottery?

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

5. What does Mrs. Delacroix have in her hands?

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