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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Summers' position in the town?
(a) He is the superintendant of schools.
(b) He is the religious leader of the village.
(c) He is the custodian of the town square.
(d) He is the town leader and owner of a coal business.

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

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

4. What is the age of majority in the village?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

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. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?
(a) They hate it.
(b) They look forward to it.
(c) They are confused about it.
(d) They do not like the suspense.

7. What does Tessie do with her paper?
(a) She looks at it and is dissapointed that hers is not the one.
(b) She puts it in her purse.
(c) She runs around showing it to all the women.
(d) She holds it behind her back.

8. Why do they stop using the wood chips?
(a) People get splinters form the wood.
(b) They want to be more modern.
(c) The village population is growing.
(d) Trees are getting scarce.

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

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

11. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?
(a) Because they are all hypnotized.
(b) Because they will be jailed if they do not.
(c) Because it is a village activity.
(d) Because they have nothing better to do.

12. What is the procedure after Bill reveals that his family is the one?
(a) The village people will vote for their favorite Hutchinson family member.
(b) The Hutchinson family will draw straws to see who takes the prize.
(c) Slips will be put in the box for every member of the Hutchinson family.
(d) The youngest Hutchinson will claim the prize.

13. What serious formality occurs before the lottery begins?
(a) The pledge of allegiance.
(b) The blessing of the box.
(c) The singing of the village anthem.
(d) The swearing in of the officials.

14. What is revealing about the social order of the village?
(a) The men are drinking ale.
(b) The men and women are not together.
(c) The women hold a superior position.
(d) The children and running around unsupervised.

15. Why does Tessie try to add her daughter's family to Bill Hutchinson's second drawing?
(a) She is trying to get the whole thing done over.
(b) She feels the need to have all her family with her.
(c) She wants her daughter to have a chance to win, too.
(d) The more people in the drawing, the greater chance she has of not getting the dot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Tessie first?

2. Who is the first to hold up his slip of paper?

3. What does the lottery hint at?

4. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?

5. What is the atmosphere of the village as the lottery gets under way?

(see the answer keys)

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