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

2. What does Tessie do with her paper?
(a) She holds it behind her back.
(b) She looks at it and is dissapointed that hers is not the one.
(c) She runs around showing it to all the women.
(d) She puts it in her purse.

3. 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 a scatter brain.
(c) That Tessie is not originally from the village.
(d) That Tessie is always late for everything.

4. Who is to draw for the Watson family?
(a) Mr. Watson's brother.
(b) Mr. Summers.
(c) The tall Watson boy.
(d) Mrs. Watson.

5. Why does the lottery begin late in this village?
(a) Because someone forgot to prepar the lottery slips of paper.
(b) Because there are so few people, the drawing only last a few hours.
(c) Because it took longer for the boys to find stones.
(d) Because they have trouble locating the lottery box.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tessie by the time everyone has their stones?

2. Who helps hold the box to keep it steady?

3. Who is assigned to conduct the lottery?

4. What happens to Tessie first?

5. What is the tone as the story begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jackson make the scene seem like a normal village fair?

2. How do the villagers know that Bill Hutchinson is holding the slip of paper with the black dot?

3. What happens next after it is settled that Bill Hutchinson holds the paper with the black dot?

4. Have there ever been deviations from tradition in the past? What are they?

5. As Tessie continues to voice her objections, what does her husband do?

6. At what point in the story does Jackson raise the question of what's going on with her readers?

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

8. Why does Mrs. Dunbar come forward to draw in place of her husband?

9. What formality occurs before the lottery is officially open?

10. What does Mr. Graves do at the Hutchinson family drawing?

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