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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Clyde Dunbar not draw for his family?
(a) He is in the military.
(b) He is on duty as fireman.
(c) He is in the hospital.
(d) He is at home with a broken leg.

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

3. Who is assigned to conduct the lottery?
(a) Mr. Hutchinson.
(b) Mr. Martin.
(c) Mr. Summers.
(d) Mr. Graves.

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

5. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?
(a) The boy is not yet sixteen.
(b) His mother is next in line for the family.
(c) He is too small to reach inside the box.
(d) He rus away when the lottery begins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip?

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

3. What is the procedure after Bill reveals that his family is the one?

4. What does Jackson hint in the story when Tessie is very late arriving?

5. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?

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