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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the first person called to draw for the lottery?
(a) Mrs. Graves.
(b) Mr. Martin.
(c) Tessie Hutchinson.
(d) Mr. Adams.

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

5. What is Jackson satirizing by having the children participate so willingly in the stoning?
(a) Parents who let their children run their lives.
(b) Well behaved children.
(c) Hansel and Gretle.
(d) Bringing children up with adults' biases.

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

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

8. What is on each of the children's papers?
(a) Colored pictures.
(b) A secret message.
(c) Gift certificates.
(d) Nothing. They are blank.

9. In general, what type of village is the setting of the story?
(a) A manufacturing village.
(b) A retirement village.
(c) A mining village.
(d) A farming village.

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

11. What is the atmosphere of the village as the lottery gets under way?
(a) It is chaos.
(b) It is orderly and respectful.
(c) Everyone is talking at once.
(d) There is great jollity among the people.

12. What holiday is mentioned in the story that suggests this village is in America?
(a) The 4th of July.
(b) Groundhog Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas.

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

14. Who is the first to hold up his slip of paper?
(a) Mr. Graves.
(b) Old man Warner.
(c) Bill Hutchinson.
(d) Mr. Summers.

15. Who will participate in the ritual?
(a) All Tessie's friends, neighbors, and family members.
(b) The women because Tessie is a woman.
(c) The children only because it is their holiday.
(d) Only the men of the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a large village, how long might the lottery last?

2. Why are the children running around that morning?

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

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

5. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?

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