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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 the age of majority in the village?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Eighteen.

2. What is Jackson's main theme in the story?
(a) The need for change in a community.
(b) The stupidity of blindly following tradition.
(c) The value of human life.
(d) The need for tradition in small towns.

3. What does Jackson hint in the story when Tessie is very late arriving?
(a) That Tessie has a premonition of something bad.
(b) That Tessie is a scatter brain.
(c) That Tessie is not originally from the village.
(d) That Tessie is always late for everything.

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

5. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip?
(a) Little Dave Hutchinson.
(b) All of the children.
(c) The youngest daughter.
(d) Tessie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally happens with Tessie?

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

3. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?

4. Where is Tessie by the time everyone has their stones?

5. What sound is heard as the papers are opened?

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