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

3. Why are the children running around that morning?
(a) The teachers are in the lottery so they come to see them.
(b) It is Saturday and there is no school.
(c) Lottery Day is a special holiday for children.
(d) Lottery Day is a school holiday.

4. What does Jackson suggest about civic prominence in the character of Mr. Summers.
(a) That wealth is the standard for importance.
(b) That age is the criterion for civic leadership.
(c) That Summers has no real power in the village.
(d) That everyone is equal regardless of wealth.

5. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?
(a) Taking the life out of the village.
(b) Going back to the Stone Age.
(c) Inviting strangers into the village.
(d) Shaming the ancestors.

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

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

8. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?
(a) Tessie did not know the tradition.
(b) She was the only one who protested the procedure.
(c) Dessenters are a threat to tradition and must be removed.
(d) She drew the dot because she was late.

9. What is Old man Warner's meaning when he says lottery in June, corn harvest soon?
(a) He thinks the lottery magically makes the harvest good.
(b) He sees the lottery as a way to fill time until the harvest.
(c) He judges time by the lottery.
(d) He thinks that June is too soon for the lottery.

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

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

12. What is the date of the lottery?
(a) June 27th
(b) July 4th
(c) February 2nd
(d) April 1st

13. What is Tessie doing in the center of the circle of her friends, neighbors, and family?
(a) Holding out her hands and crying that it is not fair.
(b) Gloating that she is the winner.
(c) Dancing the lottery jig.
(d) Sitting on a makeshift throne.

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

15. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?
(a) Coming together in family groups.
(b) Crowding forward to try and be first to draw.
(c) Making a huge circle in the town square.
(d) In double file lines.