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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What accusation does Tessie make to Joe Summers?
(a) That he doesn't like her and arranged for her to get the dot.
(b) That someone else should draw for him.
(c) That he cheated when he drew his own slip.
(d) That he goes first every year to lessen his chances of getting the dot.

3. Who is the first to hold up his slip of paper?
(a) Bill Hutchinson.
(b) Old man Warner.
(c) Mr. Summers.
(d) Mr. Graves.

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

5. What is Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior as she makes her way to her family?
(a) Somber and angry.
(b) Laughing and apologizing for being late.
(c) Anxious and in a hurry.
(d) Perplexed and confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tessie try to add her daughter's family to Bill Hutchinson's second drawing?

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

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

4. Why do they stop using the wood chips?

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

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