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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In a large village, how long might the lottery last?
(a) Not long because of better equipment.
(b) An hour because the slips were mailed to the people.
(c) As much as seven days.
(d) All day because they have more activities in the square.

4. Who gets to go first in the second drawing?
(a) The three children draw first.
(b) Bill draws first.
(c) Tessie insists on drawing first.
(d) The oldest son draws first.

5. What is the instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?
(a) They are to look at their papers but not show anyone else.
(b) They are to show their papers to everyone.
(c) They are to register with Mr. Graves as having drawn.
(d) They are not to look at thier papers untill all have drawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accusation does Tessie make to Joe Summers?

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

3. What is in the black box?

4. What is on each of the children's papers?

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

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