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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?
(a) They look forward to it.
(b) They are confused about it.
(c) They do not like the suspense.
(d) They hate it.

2. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?
(a) He gets in a fight with another boy and has a bloody nose.
(b) He gets his clean clothes all dirty and has to go home and change.
(c) He does not respond to his mother's call and his father reprimands him.
(d) He puts the stones he collected in his pocket.

3. How many people live in the village?
(a) About 300.
(b) Just under 1,000.
(c) 3,446.
(d) Less than 100.

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

5. What does Tessie try to do before Bill draws for the family?
(a) Include her daughter's family in the drawing.
(b) Run home to change clothes.
(c) Find her three children to stand with their father.
(d) Stand where the newspaper photographer can get her photo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the lottery held each year?

2. What is Jackson saying about tradition.

3. What does Tessie's paper mean?

4. What is the procedure after Bill reveals that his family is the one?

5. How do they list the villagers before the lottery begins?

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