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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 happening when they make any change in the lottery procedure?
(a) The people are becoming better educated.
(b) It is nothing drastic in the minds of the villagers.
(c) It makes the tradition stronger.
(d) It is a break with tradition.

2. Who tells the boys what to do on the morning of the lottery?
(a) Their fathers.
(b) No one, they all know their responsibility.
(c) The village council.
(d) Their mothers.

3. What is the procedure after Bill reveals that his family is the one?
(a) Slips will be put in the box for every member of the Hutchinson family.
(b) The village people will vote for their favorite Hutchinson family member.
(c) The youngest Hutchinson will claim the prize.
(d) The Hutchinson family will draw straws to see who takes the prize.

4. What is the date of the lottery?
(a) June 27th
(b) February 2nd
(c) July 4th
(d) April 1st

5. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?
(a) They collect stones and bring them to the town square.
(b) They play an exhibition football game before the lottery.
(c) They keep the younger children off the grass.
(d) They form an honor guard for the lottery box.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?

2. Who is to draw for the Watson family?

3. How many people live in the village?

4. What happens to Tessie first?

5. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?

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