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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is everyone present as the lottery ceremony begins?
(a) Yes, it is a crime to be late for the lottery.
(b) No, one woman comes running up late.
(c) No, one entire family is missing.
(d) Yes, they do not start until all are there.

2. How does Jackson suggest that tradition may be questioned?
(a) The village is getting smaller so tradition may die out.
(b) Old man Warner compares it to the Stone Age.
(c) A lot about the lottery has been forgotten.
(d) Some people oppose the lottery and some villages have already stopped it.

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

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

5. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?
(a) The boys gathering stones.
(b) Mr. Summers changing the tradition.
(c) Tessie being late for the lottery.
(d) Mr. Graves forgetting the stool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Graves carry onto the village square?

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

3. Why does the lottery begin late in this village?

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

5. Who is the first person called to draw for the lottery?

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