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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 Hutchinson baby.
(b) A huge stone.
(c) A chocolate cake.
(d) The lottery flag.

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

3. Why are the children running around that morning?
(a) It is Saturday and there is no school.
(b) Lottery Day is a school holiday.
(c) Lottery Day is a special holiday for children.
(d) The teachers are in the lottery so they come to see them.

4. What does Mrs. Dunbar hold in her hands?
(a) A bag full of small stones.
(b) The Hutchinson baby.
(c) A slingshot.
(d) More moderate stones than Mrs. Delacroix.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Tessie first?

2. What is the atmosphere of the village as the lottery gets under way?

3. Why do they stop using the wood chips?

4. What does everyone get at this point?

5. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?

(see the answer key)

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