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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 Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?
(a) She is jumping up and down with excitement.
(b) She is bragging to the other women.
(c) She is mentioning that Bill got that slip the last lottery.
(d) She is complaining that the drawing was not fair.

2. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?
(a) Mr. Graves forgetting the stool.
(b) Tessie being late for the lottery.
(c) Mr. Summers changing the tradition.
(d) The boys gathering stones.

3. What is Jackson satirizing by having the children participate so willingly in the stoning?
(a) Well behaved children.
(b) Bringing children up with adults' biases.
(c) Parents who let their children run their lives.
(d) Hansel and Gretle.

4. Has there ever been any other breaks with tradition?
(a) Yes, the box used to be white.
(b) No. This was the first time any changed was made.
(c) Yes, they used to hold the lottery only at night.
(d) Yes. The ritual chant and the special salute were discarded.

5. What is Jackson's main theme in the story?
(a) The value of human life.
(b) The need for change in a community.
(c) The need for tradition in small towns.
(d) The stupidity of blindly following tradition.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Tessie doing in the center of the circle of her friends, neighbors, and family?

3. How does Jackson suggest that tradition may be questioned?

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

5. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?

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