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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the last to arrive at the lottery?
(a) Mrs. Graves.
(b) Mrs. Summers.
(c) Tessie Hutchinson.
(d) Mrs. Martin.

2. What are some villages rumored to be doing with their lottery?
(a) Combining it with another holiday.
(b) Holding parades before the lottery.
(c) Discontinuing it.
(d) Adding a consolation prize.

3. How many slips do the Hutchinson's take out of the box?
(a) Five. One for each member of the family.
(b) Four. One for each the family members except the baby.
(c) Two. One for Bill and one for Tessie.
(d) Three. One for Bill, Tessie, and Bill, Jr.

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

5. What is revealing about the social order of the village?
(a) The women hold a superior position.
(b) The men are drinking ale.
(c) The men and women are not together.
(d) The children and running around unsupervised.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?

2. What happens to Tessie first?

3. What does Tessie's paper mean?

4. What is Old man Warner's meaning when he says lottery in June, corn harvest soon?

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

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