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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 Jackson's main theme in the story?
(a) The value of human life.
(b) The need for tradition in small towns.
(c) The stupidity of blindly following tradition.
(d) The need for change in a community.

2. What is the age of majority in the village?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

3. 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) It is the annual lottery day.
(d) There is a band concert that morning.

4. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?
(a) She is mentioning that Bill got that slip the last lottery.
(b) She is bragging to the other women.
(c) She is complaining that the drawing was not fair.
(d) She is jumping up and down with excitement.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?

3. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?

4. Has there ever been any other breaks with tradition?

5. In general, what type of village is the setting of the story?

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