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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some villages rumored to be doing with their lottery?
(a) Discontinuing it.
(b) Combining it with another holiday.
(c) Adding a consolation prize.
(d) Holding parades before the lottery.

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

3. Why does the lottery begin late in this village?
(a) Because they have trouble locating the lottery box.
(b) Because someone forgot to prepar the lottery slips of paper.
(c) Because it took longer for the boys to find stones.
(d) Because there are so few people, the drawing only last a few hours.

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

5. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?
(a) He rus away when the lottery begins.
(b) He is too small to reach inside the box.
(c) The boy is not yet sixteen.
(d) His mother is next in line for the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally happens with Tessie?

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

3. Why are the children running around that morning?

4. What does Mrs. Dunbar hold in her hands?

5. What is Jackson saying about tradition.

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