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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In general, what type of village is the setting of the story?
(a) A retirement village.
(b) A manufacturing village.
(c) A mining village.
(d) A farming village.

2. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?
(a) They keep the younger children off the grass.
(b) They collect stones and bring them to the town square.
(c) They play an exhibition football game before the lottery.
(d) They form an honor guard for the lottery box.

3. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?
(a) Look at their papers and hold them up.
(b) Tear their papers into small pieces.
(c) Look at their papers and not show them.
(d) Drop their papers in the box.

4. In the story, what idea does Shirley Jackson carefully avoid?
(a) The odds of winning.
(b) The time it takes to hold the lottery.
(c) Winning the lottery.
(d) Sweepstakes.

5. Why do they stop using the wood chips?
(a) Trees are getting scarce.
(b) People get splinters form the wood.
(c) The village population is growing.
(d) They want to be more modern.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was the last to arrive at the lottery?

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

5. Why are people gathering in the town square?

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