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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. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?

2. What is the procedure after Bill reveals that his family is the one?

3. Why do they stop using the wood chips?

4. What is on each of the children's papers?

5. What is Jackson's main theme in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the black spot finally revealed?

2. What is THE LOTTERY meant to satirize?

3. What do the boys do to prepare for the lottery.

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

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

6. Where are the women and what are they doing?

7. What happens after Mr. Zanini draw his paper?

8. Until she is knocked unconscious, what does Tessie keep trying to do?

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

10. Why does the first person called for the lists not appear?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper about how children might be affected by the violence of the lottery. What will Davie Hutchinson be like when he is a teenager?

Essay Topic 2

Write two or three paragraphs on the character of Mrs. Delacroix. Use your imagination to explain why she selected the largest stone she could find to throw at Tessie.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper where the towns people hold a meeting to decide if they will do away with the lottery. Use the characters from Shirley Jackson's story. Who, besides Old man Warner, will oppose the idea of doing away with it?

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