View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?
(a) A black spot.
(b) A message.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The number 6.

2. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?
(a) The book of rules.
(b) A black, wooden box.
(c) The village flag.
(d) A milking stool.

3. Is Mr. Summers exempt from the lottery?
(a) No. But he is the only one allowed to look into the box while drawing.
(b) Yes. But he makes a pretense of drawing anyway.
(c) Yes. Otherwise they would have to get a new administrator every year.
(d) No. He calls out his own name, too.

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

5. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?
(a) She is mentioning that Bill got that slip the last lottery.
(b) She is complaining that the drawing was not fair.
(c) She is bragging to the other women.
(d) She is jumping up and down with excitement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who will participate in the ritual?

3. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?

4. What happens to Tessie first?

5. What does Tessie do with her paper?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 329 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample