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

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

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

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

5. What is Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior as she makes her way to her family?
(a) Somber and angry.
(b) Laughing and apologizing for being late.
(c) Perplexed and confused.
(d) Anxious and in a hurry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lottery hint at?

2. What explanation does the late comer give for being late?

3. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?

4. What is Jackson satirizing by having the children participate so willingly in the stoning?

5. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?

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