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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tessie try to do before Bill draws for the family?
(a) Include her daughter's family in the drawing.
(b) Find her three children to stand with their father.
(c) Stand where the newspaper photographer can get her photo.
(d) Run home to change clothes.

2. What is in the black box?
(a) Stones.
(b) Beans.
(c) Wood chips.
(d) Slips of paper.

3. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?
(a) A milking stool.
(b) The book of rules.
(c) A black, wooden box.
(d) The village flag.

4. What does the lottery hint at?
(a) Recreation.
(b) Education.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

5. Who is the last person accounted for before the lottery begins?
(a) The tall Watson boy.
(b) Tessie Hutchinson.
(c) Mrs. Dunbar.
(d) Old man Warner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person called to draw for the lottery?

2. What does Mrs. Delacroix have in her hands?

3. What is Jackson's main theme in the story?

4. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?

5. What are the women doing before the lottery?

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