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

2. What is the instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?
(a) They are to register with Mr. Graves as having drawn.
(b) They are not to look at thier papers untill all have drawn.
(c) They are to look at their papers but not show anyone else.
(d) They are to show their papers to everyone.

3. What type of story is THE LOTTERY?
(a) A satire.
(b) A drama.
(c) A history.
(d) A comedy.

4. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?
(a) That everyone knows how the tradition began.
(b) That everyone does not need to be present.
(c) That family is the least important thing in the village.
(d) That it is a tradition that must be continued.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the children running around that morning?

2. Who was the last to arrive at the lottery?

3. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?

4. What does the lottery hint at?

5. Who is the last person accounted for before the lottery begins?

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