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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 Mrs. Dunbar hold in her hands?
(a) More moderate stones than Mrs. Delacroix.
(b) A slingshot.
(c) The Hutchinson baby.
(d) A bag full of small stones.

2. What element of surprise does Jackson use in the story?
(a) Winning a lottery is usually a good thing and not something to dread.
(b) That Tessie sacrifices herself for her children.
(c) That the community does not know what the
(d) That the government steps in and stops the lottery.

3. What is Jackson satirizing by having the children participate so willingly in the stoning?
(a) Bringing children up with adults' biases.
(b) Hansel and Gretle.
(c) Well behaved children.
(d) Parents who let their children run their lives.

4. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip?
(a) Tessie.
(b) All of the children.
(c) Little Dave Hutchinson.
(d) The youngest daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?

4. Why do they stop using the wood chips?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does Tessie make for being late?

2. Eventually, how do the people assemble as they wait for the lottery?

3. How does Tessie further disrupt the proceedings?

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

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

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

7. What is Old man Warner's response to Mr. Adams suggestion of doing away with the lottery?

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

9. Who is called after Mrs. Dunbar, showing that no one is left out of the lottery?

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

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