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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Jackson saying about tradition.
(a) That it is bad luck to change it.
(b) That tradition is better than creating new ways.
(c) That very few people question it.
(d) That it is necessary to keep a culture alive.

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

4. What accusation does Tessie make to Joe Summers?
(a) That someone else should draw for him.
(b) That he cheated when he drew his own slip.
(c) That he doesn't like her and arranged for her to get the dot.
(d) That he goes first every year to lessen his chances of getting the dot.

5. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?
(a) The book of rules.
(b) A black, wooden box.
(c) A milking stool.
(d) The village flag.

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

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

8. Which man holds the winning paper?
(a) Mr. Graves.
(b) Old man Warner.
(c) Bob Martin.
(d) Bill Hutchinson.

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

10. When is the lottery held each year?
(a) At the beginning of spring.
(b) During the full moon.
(c) Before the corn harvest.
(d) At Thanksgiving.

11. What does Mrs. Dunbar hold in her hands?
(a) A bag full of small stones.
(b) More moderate stones than Mrs. Delacroix.
(c) The Hutchinson baby.
(d) A slingshot.

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

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

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

15. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip?
(a) The youngest daughter.
(b) Little Dave Hutchinson.
(c) All of the children.
(d) Tessie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is to draw for the Watson family?

2. Who gets to go first in the second drawing?

3. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?

4. What sound is heard as the papers are opened?

5. Why can Clyde Dunbar not draw for his family?

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