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

2. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?
(a) In double file lines.
(b) Making a huge circle in the town square.
(c) Crowding forward to try and be first to draw.
(d) Coming together in family groups.

3. Which man holds the winning paper?
(a) Mr. Graves.
(b) Bill Hutchinson.
(c) Bob Martin.
(d) Old man Warner.

4. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?
(a) Because they are all hypnotized.
(b) Because it is a village activity.
(c) Because they have nothing better to do.
(d) Because they will be jailed if they do not.

5. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?
(a) It is dusty and dry with the paint peeling off the houses.
(b) It is very metropolitan with shiny glass commercial buildings.
(c) It is in the sun with neat houses, green lawns, and flowers everywhere.
(d) It is gloomy and cold looking with gray houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is everyone present as the lottery ceremony begins?

2. What finally happens with Tessie?

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

4. What does Tessie try to do before Bill draws for the family?

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

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