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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 in the black box?
(a) Beans.
(b) Wood chips.
(c) Stones.
(d) Slips of paper.

2. Why can Clyde Dunbar not draw for his family?
(a) He is in the military.
(b) He is in the hospital.
(c) He is on duty as fireman.
(d) He is at home with a broken leg.

3. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?
(a) Look at their papers and not show them.
(b) Tear their papers into small pieces.
(c) Drop their papers in the box.
(d) Look at their papers and hold them up.

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

5. Why are the children running around that morning?
(a) Lottery Day is a special holiday for children.
(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 school holiday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is on each of the children's papers?

3. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?

4. What does Mrs. Dunbar hold in her hands?

5. What does Jackson suggest about civic prominence in the character of Mr. Summers.

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