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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Clyde Dunbar not draw for his family?
(a) He is in the military.
(b) He is at home with a broken leg.
(c) He is on duty as fireman.
(d) He is in the hospital.

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

3. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?
(a) He puts the stones he collected in his pocket.
(b) He gets his clean clothes all dirty and has to go home and change.
(c) He does not respond to his mother's call and his father reprimands him.
(d) He gets in a fight with another boy and has a bloody nose.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tessie do with her paper?

2. Why does the lottery begin late in this village?

3. What is the procedure after Bill reveals that his family is the one?

4. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?

5. Who is the first person called to draw for the lottery?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why have they made the switch to paper slips this year?

2. How does the Martin family make the scene appear like a gathering of everyday families?

3. Who is the second citizen of the village and what is his function in the lottery?

4. What do the villagers begin to do at that point?

5. What do the boys do to prepare for the lottery.

6. Until she is knocked unconscious, what does Tessie keep trying to do?

7. Why is everything so organized in the village for the lottery?

8. After locating the holder of the black spot, what do the villagers do?

9. After Mrs. Dunbar has spoken up, what does Mr. Summers ask about the Watsons?

10. How does Tessie try to widen the odds of her drawing the black dot?

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