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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the women doing before the lottery?
(a) Avoicing each other's eyes.
(b) Standing together and gossiping.
(c) Putting up the bunting.
(d) Running around looking for their children.

2. What is on each of the children's papers?
(a) A secret message.
(b) Gift certificates.
(c) Colored pictures.
(d) Nothing. They are blank.

3. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?
(a) Making a huge circle in the town square.
(b) Coming together in family groups.
(c) Crowding forward to try and be first to draw.
(d) In double file lines.

4. Who will participate in the ritual?
(a) All Tessie's friends, neighbors, and family members.
(b) Only the men of the village.
(c) The women because Tessie is a woman.
(d) The children only because it is their holiday.

5. What happens to Tessie first?
(a) The women form a circle around her to change her clothes.
(b) A stone hits her on the side of her head.
(c) They present her with roses.
(d) She is given a tiara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening when they make any change in the lottery procedure?

2. What is the date of the lottery?

3. What is being used for the first time this year?

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

5. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?

(see the answer key)

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