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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) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-one.

2. What holiday is mentioned in the story that suggests this village is in America?
(a) Groundhog Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) The 4th of July.
(d) Christmas.

3. What is Mr. Zanini's distinction at the lottery?
(a) He is the only single man there.
(b) He is the oldest man at the lottery.
(c) He is the last one to draw a slip from the black box.
(d) He is the first one to draw in the lottery.

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

5. What happens to Tessie first?
(a) They present her with roses.
(b) The women form a circle around her to change her clothes.
(c) She is given a tiara.
(d) A stone hits her on the side of her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lottery hint at?

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

3. What finally happens with Tessie?

4. What is the date of the lottery?

5. What is the instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?

(see the answer key)

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