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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is to draw for the Watson family?
(a) Mr. Watson's brother.
(b) Mr. Summers.
(c) The tall Watson boy.
(d) Mrs. Watson.

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

3. What do some people think about discontinuing the lottery?
(a) Some people want to hold the lottery twice a year.
(b) Some people want to make the lottery grander.
(c) Some people want to change the date of the lottery.
(d) Some people want to discontinue the lottery.

4. What does Tessie do with her paper?
(a) She runs around showing it to all the women.
(b) She looks at it and is dissapointed that hers is not the one.
(c) She holds it behind her back.
(d) She puts it in her purse.

5. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip?
(a) The youngest daughter.
(b) Little Dave Hutchinson.
(c) All of the children.
(d) Tessie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior as she makes her way to her family?

2. How many slips do the Hutchinson's take out of the box?

3. What is Jackson saying about tradition.

4. Which man holds the winning paper?

5. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?

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