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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Tessie by the time everyone has their stones?
(a) Running to hide.
(b) With her family.
(c) Behind Mr. Summers.
(d) In the center.

2. What element of surprise does Jackson use in the story?
(a) That Tessie sacrifices herself for her children.
(b) That the community does not know what the
(c) Winning a lottery is usually a good thing and not something to dread.
(d) That the government steps in and stops the lottery.

3. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?
(a) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain.
(b) Standing in a group but not talking.
(c) Standing together and talking about women.
(d) Standing together and talking politics.

4. Who will participate in the ritual?
(a) The women because Tessie is a woman.
(b) All Tessie's friends, neighbors, and family members.
(c) Only the men of the village.
(d) The children only because it is their holiday.

5. What is being used for the first time this year?
(a) A bigger stool.
(b) Black and white ping pong balls.
(c) Slips of paper instead of wood chips.
(d) A new black box.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accusation does Tessie make to Joe Summers?

2. Who is the first to hold up his slip of paper?

3. What are some villages rumored to be doing with their lottery?

4. What is the age of majority in the village?

5. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?

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