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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?
(a) Look at their papers and hold them up.
(b) Look at their papers and not show them.
(c) Tear their papers into small pieces.
(d) Drop their papers in the box.

2. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?
(a) A message.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The number 6.
(d) A black spot.

3. Who will participate in the ritual?
(a) All Tessie's friends, neighbors, and family members.
(b) The children only because it is their holiday.
(c) The women because Tessie is a woman.
(d) Only the men of the village.

4. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?
(a) She drew the dot because she was late.
(b) Tessie did not know the tradition.
(c) She was the only one who protested the procedure.
(d) Dessenters are a threat to tradition and must be removed.

5. When is the lottery held each year?
(a) Before the corn harvest.
(b) At the beginning of spring.
(c) During the full moon.
(d) At Thanksgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior as she makes her way to her family?

2. What is happening when they make any change in the lottery procedure?

3. What is the atmosphere of the village as the lottery gets under way?

4. What is Old man Warner's meaning when he says lottery in June, corn harvest soon?

5. How do they list the villagers before the lottery begins?

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