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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Hutchinson locate her husband and children?
(a) At the front of the group.
(b) In the middle of the group.
(c) At the end of the group.
(d) Off to one side of the group.

2. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?
(a) Mr. Graves forgetting the stool.
(b) Tessie being late for the lottery.
(c) The boys gathering stones.
(d) Mr. Summers changing the tradition.

3. What does Mr. Summers do as soon as he is sworn in?
(a) Faces and greets the villagers.
(b) Bows low and receives the crown.
(c) Puts his hand on the black box three times.
(d) Leads the invocation.

4. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?
(a) That everyone does not need to be present.
(b) That everyone knows how the tradition began.
(c) That family is the least important thing in the village.
(d) That it is a tradition that must be continued.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Tessie first?

3. What is Mr. Zanini's distinction at the lottery?

4. Why do they stop using the wood chips?

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

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