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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 does Tessie's paper mean?
(a) She gets to select the winner.
(b) She is out of the lottery.
(c) She has been chosen.
(d) She will have to draw again.

2. What does everyone get at this point?
(a) Blank papers.
(b) Refreshments.
(c) Instructions.
(d) Stones.

3. What does Mr. Graves carry onto the village square?
(a) An American flag.
(b) A roster of the village people.
(c) A three-legged stool.
(d) A trumpet to begin the ceremony.

4. 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 it is necessary to keep a culture alive.
(d) That very few people question it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?

2. What does the lottery hint at?

3. Who was the last to arrive at the lottery?

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

5. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the children react to their school holiday?

3. How does Jackson draw the reader into the spirit of the lottery?

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

5. What kind of lists are required for the conduct of the lottery?

6. As Mr. Summers turns to face the gathered villagers, what disturbance occurs?

7. What are some other town functions that Mr. Summers presides over?

8. Who do they look for before continuing with the lottery?

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

10. In naming the holidays observed by the village, how does Jackson hint at the macabre nature of the lottery?

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