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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Hutchinson locate her husband and children?
(a) Off to one side of the group.
(b) At the front of the group.
(c) At the end of the group.
(d) In the middle of the group.

2. 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 not originally from the village.
(d) That Tessie is a scatter brain.

3. How long has the lottery been going on?
(a) For the last five years.
(b) Over several generations.
(c) Since the Pilgrims.
(d) Since before people arrived from Europe.

4. Which stones are the most prized for use in the lottery?
(a) Hard, jagged ones.
(b) Smooth, round ones.
(c) Shiny, decorative ones.
(d) Heavy, flat ones.

5. What is revealing about the social order of the village?
(a) The men and women are not together.
(b) The women hold a superior position.
(c) The children and running around unsupervised.
(d) The men are drinking ale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?

2. Why are the children running around that morning?

3. In general, what type of village is the setting of the story?

4. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?

5. Who gets to go first in the second drawing?

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