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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are people gathering in the town square?
(a) The mayor is making a speech.
(b) They are voting whether to discontinue the lottery.
(c) It is the annual lottery day.
(d) There is a band concert that morning.

2. What is happening when they make any change in the lottery procedure?
(a) It is nothing drastic in the minds of the villagers.
(b) It makes the tradition stronger.
(c) The people are becoming better educated.
(d) It is a break with tradition.

3. Why does Tessie try to add her daughter's family to Bill Hutchinson's second drawing?
(a) She wants her daughter to have a chance to win, too.
(b) She feels the need to have all her family with her.
(c) The more people in the drawing, the greater chance she has of not getting the dot.
(d) She is trying to get the whole thing done over.

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

5. What is in the black box?
(a) Wood chips.
(b) Stones.
(c) Slips of paper.
(d) Beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Clyde Dunbar not draw for his family?

2. Who helps hold the box to keep it steady?

3. What happens to Tessie first?

4. How does Jackson suggest that tradition may be questioned?

5. What is Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior as she makes her way to her family?

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