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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Delacroix have in her hands?
(a) The lottery flag.
(b) A chocolate cake.
(c) A huge stone.
(d) The Hutchinson baby.

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

3. What does Tessie try to do before Bill draws for the family?
(a) Stand where the newspaper photographer can get her photo.
(b) Run home to change clothes.
(c) Find her three children to stand with their father.
(d) Include her daughter's family in the drawing.

4. Who gets to go first in the second drawing?
(a) The oldest son draws first.
(b) The three children draw first.
(c) Bill draws first.
(d) Tessie insists on drawing first.

5. What is Old man Warner's meaning when he says lottery in June, corn harvest soon?
(a) He thinks that June is too soon for the lottery.
(b) He sees the lottery as a way to fill time until the harvest.
(c) He judges time by the lottery.
(d) He thinks the lottery magically makes the harvest good.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the boys what to do on the morning of the lottery?

2. What does Tessie do with her paper?

3. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?

4. What holiday is mentioned in the story that suggests this village is in America?

5. Who will participate in the ritual?

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