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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In a large village, how long might the lottery last?
(a) An hour because the slips were mailed to the people.
(b) All day because they have more activities in the square.
(c) As much as seven days.
(d) Not long because of better equipment.

3. How long has the lottery been going on?
(a) Since the Pilgrims.
(b) Since before people arrived from Europe.
(c) Over several generations.
(d) For the last five years.

4. What is Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior as she makes her way to her family?
(a) Somber and angry.
(b) Perplexed and confused.
(c) Laughing and apologizing for being late.
(d) Anxious and in a hurry.

5. What is happening when they make any change in the lottery procedure?
(a) It makes the tradition stronger.
(b) It is a break with tradition.
(c) It is nothing drastic in the minds of the villagers.
(d) The people are becoming better educated.

6. What does Mr. Graves carry onto the village square?
(a) A roster of the village people.
(b) An American flag.
(c) A three-legged stool.
(d) A trumpet to begin the ceremony.

7. Who is the last person accounted for before the lottery begins?
(a) Tessie Hutchinson.
(b) Old man Warner.
(c) The tall Watson boy.
(d) Mrs. Dunbar.

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

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

10. Which man holds the winning paper?
(a) Old man Warner.
(b) Bill Hutchinson.
(c) Mr. Graves.
(d) Bob Martin.

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

12. What is Jackson's main theme in the story?
(a) The need for tradition in small towns.
(b) The stupidity of blindly following tradition.
(c) The need for change in a community.
(d) The value of human life.

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

14. What sound is heard as the papers are opened?
(a) The women speaking all at once.
(b) Nothing. It is very quiet.
(c) A collective sigh.
(d) The school marching band.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Is Mr. Summers exempt from the lottery?

2. Where is Tessie by the time everyone has their stones?

3. What is in the black box?

4. What does the lottery hint at?

5. What is the procedure after Bill reveals that his family is the one?

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