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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Has there ever been any other breaks with tradition?
(a) No. This was the first time any changed was made.
(b) Yes. The ritual chant and the special salute were discarded.
(c) Yes, they used to hold the lottery only at night.
(d) Yes, the box used to be white.

2. What explanation does the late comer give for being late?
(a) Her clock had stopped.
(b) She forgot what day it is.
(c) She overslept.
(d) She had a cake in the oven.

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

4. Why do they stop using the wood chips?
(a) They want to be more modern.
(b) Trees are getting scarce.
(c) The village population is growing.
(d) People get splinters form the wood.

5. What does Tessie's paper mean?
(a) She is out of the lottery.
(b) She will have to draw again.
(c) She gets to select the winner.
(d) She has been chosen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets to go first in the second drawing?

2. What does Jackson hint in the story when Tessie is very late arriving?

3. How many slips do the Hutchinson's take out of the box?

4. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?

5. Is everyone present as the lottery ceremony begins?

(see the answer key)

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