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

2. Who helps hold the box to keep it steady?
(a) Mr. Graves and Mr. Summers.
(b) The mayor and the chief of police.
(c) Several of the larger boys.
(d) Mr. Martin and his son.

3. What element of surprise does Jackson use in the story?
(a) That Tessie sacrifices herself for her children.
(b) That the community does not know what the
(c) Winning a lottery is usually a good thing and not something to dread.
(d) That the government steps in and stops the lottery.

4. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?
(a) The village flag.
(b) The book of rules.
(c) A black, wooden box.
(d) A milking stool.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally happens with Tessie?

2. What is happening when they make any change in the lottery procedure?

3. What does Tessie's paper mean?

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

5. What accusation does Tessie make to Joe Summers?

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