View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the women doing before the lottery?
(a) Running around looking for their children.
(b) Avoicing each other's eyes.
(c) Standing together and gossiping.
(d) Putting up the bunting.

2. What is the age of majority in the village?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

3. What is being used for the first time this year?
(a) Black and white ping pong balls.
(b) A bigger stool.
(c) Slips of paper instead of wood chips.
(d) A new black box.

4. What serious formality occurs before the lottery begins?
(a) The blessing of the box.
(b) The swearing in of the officials.
(c) The singing of the village anthem.
(d) The pledge of allegiance.

5. What is the tone as the story begins?
(a) An average day with overcast sky.
(b) Cheerful, bright, and colorful.
(c) Dreary and ominous.
(d) Dry like a newspaper article.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?

2. Why are the children running around that morning?

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

4. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?

5. Who will participate in the ritual?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 327 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample