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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which man holds the winning paper?

2. Why does Tessie try to add her daughter's family to Bill Hutchinson's second drawing?

3. Who is the last person accounted for before the lottery begins?

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

5. What is the atmosphere of the village as the lottery gets under way?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Adams discuss with Old man Warner?

2. Whose name was the first to be called up for the lottery?

3. What excuse does Tessie make for being late?

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

5. How is the black spot finally revealed?

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

7. What does Mrs. Delacroix do to participate in the stoning?

8. What request do Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves make of the villagers and who volunteers?

9. What is Tessie doing as the rest of her family open their slips?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper in which you are one of the villagers at the lottery. Describe your feelings as the lottery takes place. How do you feel when it is not you but Bill Hutchinson who draws the black spot? Carry this on through picking up a rock and throwing it at Tessie.

Essay Topic 2

Write two or three paragraphs about how a tradition was defeated in the USA. [For example, you might write about Women's Suffrage and how they got the right to vote.]

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper on how well written short stories hold the interest of the reader including the fact that they can be read in one sitting.

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