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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 Mr. Summers' position in the town?
(a) He is the superintendant of schools.
(b) He is the town leader and owner of a coal business.
(c) He is the religious leader of the village.
(d) He is the custodian of the town square.

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

3. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?
(a) Because they have nothing better to do.
(b) Because they are all hypnotized.
(c) Because it is a village activity.
(d) Because they will be jailed if they do not.

4. How many slips do the Hutchinson's take out of the box?
(a) Four. One for each the family members except the baby.
(b) Five. One for each member of the family.
(c) Three. One for Bill, Tessie, and Bill, Jr.
(d) Two. One for Bill and one for Tessie.

5. What are some villages rumored to be doing with their lottery?
(a) Combining it with another holiday.
(b) Adding a consolation prize.
(c) Holding parades before the lottery.
(d) Discontinuing it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tone as the story begins?

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

3. Why can Clyde Dunbar not draw for his family?

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

5. Which man holds the winning paper?

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