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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 Jackson saying about tradition.
(a) That it is bad luck to change it.
(b) That tradition is better than creating new ways.
(c) That it is necessary to keep a culture alive.
(d) That very few people question it.

2. Why are people gathering in the town square?
(a) It is the annual lottery day.
(b) They are voting whether to discontinue the lottery.
(c) There is a band concert that morning.
(d) The mayor is making a speech.

3. What is the date of the lottery?
(a) July 4th
(b) April 1st
(c) February 2nd
(d) June 27th

4. What sound is heard as the papers are opened?
(a) A collective sigh.
(b) The school marching band.
(c) Nothing. It is very quiet.
(d) The women speaking all at once.

5. What is the procedure after Bill reveals that his family is the one?
(a) Slips will be put in the box for every member of the Hutchinson family.
(b) The Hutchinson family will draw straws to see who takes the prize.
(c) The youngest Hutchinson will claim the prize.
(d) The village people will vote for their favorite Hutchinson family member.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?

2. What happens to Tessie first?

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

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

5. Who is the last person accounted for before the lottery begins?

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