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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the tone as the story begins?
(a) Dreary and ominous.
(b) An average day with overcast sky.
(c) Cheerful, bright, and colorful.
(d) Dry like a newspaper article.

3. What explanation does the late comer give for being late?
(a) Her clock had stopped.
(b) She overslept.
(c) She forgot what day it is.
(d) She had a cake in the oven.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?

2. What does Mrs. Delacroix have in her hands?

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

4. Why can Clyde Dunbar not draw for his family?

5. Where does Mrs. Hutchinson locate her husband and children?

(see the answer key)

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