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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 on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?
(a) A message.
(b) A black spot.
(c) The number 6.
(d) Nothing.

2. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?
(a) He gets his clean clothes all dirty and has to go home and change.
(b) He does not respond to his mother's call and his father reprimands him.
(c) He puts the stones he collected in his pocket.
(d) He gets in a fight with another boy and has a bloody nose.

3. What does everyone get at this point?
(a) Blank papers.
(b) Instructions.
(c) Stones.
(d) Refreshments.

4. Where does Mrs. Hutchinson locate her husband and children?
(a) In the middle of the group.
(b) Off to one side of the group.
(c) At the front of the group.
(d) At the end of the group.

5. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?
(a) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain.
(b) Standing together and talking politics.
(c) Standing together and talking about women.
(d) Standing in a group but not talking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps hold the box to keep it steady?

2. What does Mrs. Delacroix have in her hands?

3. Is everyone present as the lottery ceremony begins?

4. What does Tessie's paper mean?

5. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?

(see the answer key)

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