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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people live in the village?
(a) Just under 1,000.
(b) About 300.
(c) 3,446.
(d) Less than 100.

2. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?
(a) Coming together in family groups.
(b) Making a huge circle in the town square.
(c) Crowding forward to try and be first to draw.
(d) In double file lines.

3. Which stones are the most prized for use in the lottery?
(a) Hard, jagged ones.
(b) Smooth, round ones.
(c) Shiny, decorative ones.
(d) Heavy, flat ones.

4. What sound is heard as the papers are opened?
(a) The school marching band.
(b) The women speaking all at once.
(c) Nothing. It is very quiet.
(d) A collective sigh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Hutchinson locate her husband and children?

2. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?

3. Is Mr. Summers exempt from the lottery?

4. When is the lottery held each year?

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

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