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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 Mr. Zanini's distinction at the lottery?
(a) He is the only single man there.
(b) He is the last one to draw a slip from the black box.
(c) He is the first one to draw in the lottery.
(d) He is the oldest man at the lottery.

2. What does the lottery hint at?
(a) Recreation.
(b) Politics.
(c) Education.
(d) Religion.

3. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?
(a) Look at their papers and not show them.
(b) Look at their papers and hold them up.
(c) Tear their papers into small pieces.
(d) Drop their papers in the box.

4. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?
(a) It is in the sun with neat houses, green lawns, and flowers everywhere.
(b) It is gloomy and cold looking with gray houses.
(c) It is very metropolitan with shiny glass commercial buildings.
(d) It is dusty and dry with the paint peeling off the houses.

5. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?
(a) Making a huge circle in the town square.
(b) In double file lines.
(c) Crowding forward to try and be first to draw.
(d) Coming together in family groups.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long has the lottery been going on?

4. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?

5. Has there ever been any other breaks with tradition?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In place of the salute, what is required now of the lottery official?

3. What excuse does Tessie make for being late?

4. How is the black spot finally revealed?

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

6. Why is Mr. Summers always in charge of the lottery every year?

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

8. Mostly the townspeople seem to look forward to the lottery. What comment is Jackson making on human nature at this point?

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

10. What time of the year is the lottery being held?

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