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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 the age of majority in the village?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

2. Who is the first person called to draw for the lottery?
(a) Tessie Hutchinson.
(b) Mr. Martin.
(c) Mr. Adams.
(d) Mrs. Graves.

3. What finally happens with Tessie?
(a) All the villagers stone her to death.
(b) She has to catch and throw back the stones.
(c) She must dodge all the stones.
(d) She has a heart attack and dies.

4. What does Jackson hint in the story when Tessie is very late arriving?
(a) That Tessie has a premonition of something bad.
(b) That Tessie is always late for everything.
(c) That Tessie is a scatter brain.
(d) That Tessie is not originally from the village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?

2. What is in the black box?

3. What does the lottery hint at?

4. Is everyone present as the lottery ceremony begins?

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

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