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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) They are voting whether to discontinue the lottery.
(b) The mayor is making a speech.
(c) There is a band concert that morning.
(d) It is the annual lottery day.

2. Who is the first to hold up his slip of paper?
(a) Mr. Summers.
(b) Mr. Graves.
(c) Bill Hutchinson.
(d) Old man Warner.

3. Why are the children running around that morning?
(a) Lottery Day is a school holiday.
(b) Lottery Day is a special holiday for children.
(c) The teachers are in the lottery so they come to see them.
(d) It is Saturday and there is no school.

4. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?
(a) Because it is a village activity.
(b) Because they are all hypnotized.
(c) Because they will be jailed if they do not.
(d) Because they have nothing better to do.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is the lottery held each year?

3. Who will participate in the ritual?

4. In the story, what idea does Shirley Jackson carefully avoid?

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

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