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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells the boys what to do on the morning of the lottery?
(a) No one, they all know their responsibility.
(b) Their fathers.
(c) Their mothers.
(d) The village council.

2. What is Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior as she makes her way to her family?
(a) Somber and angry.
(b) Perplexed and confused.
(c) Laughing and apologizing for being late.
(d) Anxious and in a hurry.

3. Where is Tessie by the time everyone has their stones?
(a) Behind Mr. Summers.
(b) With her family.
(c) Running to hide.
(d) In the center.

4. 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) The more people in the drawing, the greater chance she has of not getting the dot.
(d) She wants her daughter to have a chance to win, too.

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

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

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

8. What does Jackson hint in the story when Tessie is very late arriving?
(a) That Tessie has a premonition of something bad.
(b) That Tessie is not originally from the village.
(c) That Tessie is always late for everything.
(d) That Tessie is a scatter brain.

9. What are the women doing before the lottery?
(a) Avoicing each other's eyes.
(b) Running around looking for their children.
(c) Standing together and gossiping.
(d) Putting up the bunting.

10. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?
(a) It is in the sun with neat houses, green lawns, and flowers everywhere.
(b) It is dusty and dry with the paint peeling off the houses.
(c) It is very metropolitan with shiny glass commercial buildings.
(d) It is gloomy and cold looking with gray houses.

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

12. What is the atmosphere of the village as the lottery gets under way?
(a) There is great jollity among the people.
(b) It is orderly and respectful.
(c) It is chaos.
(d) Everyone is talking at once.

13. Though they do not remember all the ancient ritual, what do the villagers all remember?
(a) The song.
(b) The march.
(c) The stones.
(d) The burning of the box.

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

15. What does the lottery hint at?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Recreation.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?

2. What is Mr. Summers' position in the town?

3. What is Old man Warner's meaning when he says lottery in June, corn harvest soon?

4. What are some villages rumored to be doing with their lottery?

5. What is the instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?

(see the answer keys)

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