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

3. How many slips do the Hutchinson's take out of the box?
(a) Five. One for each member of the family.
(b) Two. One for Bill and one for Tessie.
(c) Four. One for each the family members except the baby.
(d) Three. One for Bill, Tessie, and Bill, Jr.

4. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?
(a) Standing in a group but not talking.
(b) Standing together and talking politics.
(c) Standing together and talking about women.
(d) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain.

5. Who helps hold the box to keep it steady?
(a) Mr. Martin and his son.
(b) Several of the larger boys.
(c) Mr. Graves and Mr. Summers.
(d) The mayor and the chief of police.

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

7. Which stones are the most prized for use in the lottery?
(a) Heavy, flat ones.
(b) Smooth, round ones.
(c) Shiny, decorative ones.
(d) Hard, jagged ones.

8. What type of story is THE LOTTERY?
(a) A drama.
(b) A satire.
(c) A history.
(d) A comedy.

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

10. In the story, what idea does Shirley Jackson carefully avoid?
(a) Sweepstakes.
(b) The time it takes to hold the lottery.
(c) Winning the lottery.
(d) The odds of winning.

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

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

13. What is the instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?
(a) They are to show their papers to everyone.
(b) They are not to look at thier papers untill all have drawn.
(c) They are to register with Mr. Graves as having drawn.
(d) They are to look at their papers but not show anyone else.

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

15. What are some villages rumored to be doing with their lottery?
(a) Adding a consolation prize.
(b) Holding parades before the lottery.
(c) Combining it with another holiday.
(d) Discontinuing it.