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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) Their mothers.
(b) Their fathers.
(c) The village council.
(d) No one, they all know their responsibility.

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

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

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

5. How many people live in the village?
(a) Just under 1,000.
(b) About 300.
(c) Less than 100.
(d) 3,446.

6. Who is assigned to conduct the lottery?
(a) Mr. Martin.
(b) Mr. Hutchinson.
(c) Mr. Graves.
(d) Mr. Summers.

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

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

9. How does Jackson suggest that tradition may be questioned?
(a) The village is getting smaller so tradition may die out.
(b) Old man Warner compares it to the Stone Age.
(c) Some people oppose the lottery and some villages have already stopped it.
(d) A lot about the lottery has been forgotten.

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

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

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

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

14. Why are people gathering in the town square?
(a) There is a band concert that morning.
(b) The mayor is making a speech.
(c) It is the annual lottery day.
(d) They are voting whether to discontinue the lottery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Hutchinson locate her husband and children?

2. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?

3. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?

4. What is in the black box?

5. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip?

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