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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?
(a) They collect stones and bring them to the town square.
(b) They form an honor guard for the lottery box.
(c) They keep the younger children off the grass.
(d) They play an exhibition football game before the lottery.

2. Is Mr. Summers exempt from the lottery?
(a) No. But he is the only one allowed to look into the box while drawing.
(b) Yes. Otherwise they would have to get a new administrator every year.
(c) No. He calls out his own name, too.
(d) Yes. But he makes a pretense of drawing anyway.

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

4. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?
(a) The village flag.
(b) A milking stool.
(c) The book of rules.
(d) A black, wooden box.

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

6. What finally happens with Tessie?
(a) She has to catch and throw back the stones.
(b) She has a heart attack and dies.
(c) All the villagers stone her to death.
(d) She must dodge all the stones.

7. What does Tessie try to do before Bill draws for the family?
(a) Stand where the newspaper photographer can get her photo.
(b) Include her daughter's family in the drawing.
(c) Run home to change clothes.
(d) Find her three children to stand with their father.

8. Who was the last to arrive at the lottery?
(a) Mrs. Martin.
(b) Mrs. Summers.
(c) Tessie Hutchinson.
(d) Mrs. Graves.

9. What explanation does the late comer give for being late?
(a) She forgot what day it is.
(b) Her clock had stopped.
(c) She had a cake in the oven.
(d) She overslept.

10. Has there ever been any other breaks with tradition?
(a) Yes. The ritual chant and the special salute were discarded.
(b) No. This was the first time any changed was made.
(c) Yes, they used to hold the lottery only at night.
(d) Yes, the box used to be white.

11. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?
(a) She is complaining that the drawing was not fair.
(b) She is jumping up and down with excitement.
(c) She is bragging to the other women.
(d) She is mentioning that Bill got that slip the last lottery.

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

13. What does Tessie's paper mean?
(a) She will have to draw again.
(b) She is out of the lottery.
(c) She gets to select the winner.
(d) She has been chosen.

14. How do they list the villagers before the lottery begins?
(a) In alphabetical order.
(b) By heads of families.
(c) From the oldest to the youngest.
(d) From the youngest to the oldest.

15. What does Jackson hint in the story when Tessie is very late arriving?
(a) That Tessie is not originally from the village.
(b) That Tessie is always late for everything.
(c) That Tessie is a scatter brain.
(d) That Tessie has a premonition of something bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jackson suggest about civic prominence in the character of Mr. Summers.

2. What is on each of the children's papers?

3. Where does Mrs. Hutchinson locate her husband and children?

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

5. What does everyone get at this point?

(see the answer keys)

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