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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Tessie by the time everyone has their stones?
(a) Behind Mr. Summers.
(b) In the center.
(c) With her family.
(d) Running to hide.

2. How long has the lottery been going on?
(a) Since the Pilgrims.
(b) Over several generations.
(c) For the last five years.
(d) Since before people arrived from Europe.

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

4. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?
(a) That it is a tradition that must be continued.
(b) That everyone does not need to be present.
(c) That everyone knows how the tradition began.
(d) That family is the least important thing in the village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the women doing before the lottery?

2. What is in the black box?

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

4. What type of story is THE LOTTERY?

5. Is everyone present as the lottery ceremony begins?

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