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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 saying about tradition.
(a) That tradition is better than creating new ways.
(b) That very few people question it.
(c) That it is bad luck to change it.
(d) That it is necessary to keep a culture alive.

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

3. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?
(a) Standing together and talking politics.
(b) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain.
(c) Standing together and talking about women.
(d) Standing in a group but not talking.

4. What sound is heard as the papers are opened?
(a) Nothing. It is very quiet.
(b) The school marching band.
(c) A collective sigh.
(d) The women speaking all at once.

5. In the story, what idea does Shirley Jackson carefully avoid?
(a) Sweepstakes.
(b) The time it takes to hold the lottery.
(c) Winning the lottery.
(d) The odds of winning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?

3. What explanation does the late comer give for being late?

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

5. What is revealing about the social order of the village?

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