2. What do some people think about discontinuing the lottery?
(a) Some people want to hold the lottery twice a year.
(b) Some people want to change the date of the lottery.
(c) Some people want to discontinue the lottery.
(d) Some people want to make the lottery grander.

3. What does Mrs. Delacroix have in her hands?
(a) The lottery flag.
(b) A chocolate cake.
(c) A huge stone.
(d) The Hutchinson baby.

4. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?
(a) He gets his clean clothes all dirty and has to go home and change.
(b) He gets in a fight with another boy and has a bloody nose.
(c) He puts the stones he collected in his pocket.
(d) He does not respond to his mother's call and his father reprimands him.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is Mr. Zanini's distinction at the lottery?
(a) He is the only single man there.
(b) He is the last one to draw a slip from the black box.
(c) He is the oldest man at the lottery.
(d) He is the first one to draw in the lottery.

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

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

13. Who gets to go first in the second drawing?
(a) The oldest son draws first.
(b) Tessie insists on drawing first.
(c) Bill draws first.
(d) The three children draw first.

14. What element of surprise does Jackson use in the story?
(a) That the community does not know what the
(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 Tessie sacrifices herself for her children.

15. What does Mr. Summers do as soon as he is sworn in?
(a) Faces and greets the villagers.
(b) Leads the invocation.
(c) Bows low and receives the crown.
(d) Puts his hand on the black box three times.