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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 the date of the lottery?
(a) February 2nd
(b) April 1st
(c) July 4th
(d) June 27th

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

3. Who tells the boys what to do on the morning of the lottery?
(a) Their mothers.
(b) Their fathers.
(c) No one, they all know their responsibility.
(d) The village council.

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

5. What is the instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?
(a) They are to register with Mr. Graves as having drawn.
(b) They are to show their papers to everyone.
(c) They are to look at their papers but not show anyone else.
(d) They are not to look at thier papers untill all have drawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many slips do the Hutchinson's take out of the box?

2. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?

3. What is being used for the first time this year?

4. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?

5. What is Jackson satirizing by having the children participate so willingly in the stoning?

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