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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 the lottery hint at?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Education.
(d) Recreation.

2. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?
(a) Inviting strangers into the village.
(b) Taking the life out of the village.
(c) Going back to the Stone Age.
(d) Shaming the ancestors.

3. What accusation does Tessie make to Joe Summers?
(a) That he cheated when he drew his own slip.
(b) That someone else should draw for him.
(c) That he goes first every year to lessen his chances of getting the dot.
(d) That he doesn't like her and arranged for her to get the dot.

4. What finally happens with Tessie?
(a) She must dodge all the stones.
(b) She has to catch and throw back the stones.
(c) All the villagers stone her to death.
(d) She has a heart attack and dies.

5. In a large village, how long might the lottery last?
(a) As much as seven days.
(b) An hour because the slips were mailed to the people.
(c) All day because they have more activities in the square.
(d) Not long because of better equipment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?

3. Why can Clyde Dunbar not draw for his family?

4. What is the instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?

5. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?

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