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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?
(a) Tessie did not know the tradition.
(b) Dessenters are a threat to tradition and must be removed.
(c) She drew the dot because she was late.
(d) She was the only one who protested the procedure.

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

3. What is on each of the children's papers?
(a) Gift certificates.
(b) Nothing. They are blank.
(c) A secret message.
(d) Colored pictures.

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

5. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?
(a) Going back to the Stone Age.
(b) Taking the life out of the village.
(c) Inviting strangers into the village.
(d) Shaming the ancestors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Zanini's distinction at the lottery?

2. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?

3. What is the age of majority in the village?

4. What holiday is mentioned in the story that suggests this village is in America?

5. What element of surprise does Jackson use in the story?

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