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

2. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?
(a) Because they will be jailed if they do not.
(b) Because they are all hypnotized.
(c) Because they have nothing better to do.
(d) Because it is a village activity.

3. Is Mr. Summers exempt from the lottery?
(a) Yes. Otherwise they would have to get a new administrator every year.
(b) No. He calls out his own name, too.
(c) No. But he is the only one allowed to look into the box while drawing.
(d) Yes. But he makes a pretense of drawing anyway.

4. What do some people think about discontinuing the lottery?
(a) Some people want to hold the lottery twice a year.
(b) Some people want to change the date of the lottery.
(c) Some people want to discontinue the lottery.
(d) Some people want to make the lottery grander.

5. What is Tessie doing in the center of the circle of her friends, neighbors, and family?
(a) Gloating that she is the winner.
(b) Holding out her hands and crying that it is not fair.
(c) Sitting on a makeshift throne.
(d) Dancing the lottery jig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tessie try to do before Bill draws for the family?

2. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?

3. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?

4. What is on each of the children's papers?

5. What is Old man Warner's meaning when he says lottery in June, corn harvest soon?

(see the answer key)

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