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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 the first to hold up his slip of paper?
(a) Bill Hutchinson.
(b) Mr. Summers.
(c) Old man Warner.
(d) Mr. Graves.

2. In general, what type of village is the setting of the story?
(a) A retirement village.
(b) A farming village.
(c) A manufacturing village.
(d) A mining village.

3. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?
(a) Dessenters are a threat to tradition and must be removed.
(b) She was the only one who protested the procedure.
(c) She drew the dot because she was late.
(d) Tessie did not know the tradition.

4. How do they list the villagers before the lottery begins?
(a) From the oldest to the youngest.
(b) In alphabetical order.
(c) By heads of families.
(d) From the youngest to the oldest.

5. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?
(a) Standing in a group but not talking.
(b) Standing together and talking about women.
(c) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain.
(d) Standing together and talking politics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In a large village, how long might the lottery last?

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

4. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?

5. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?

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