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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. What is the tone as the story begins?

2. Who will participate in the ritual?

3. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?

4. What accusation does Tessie make to Joe Summers?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who participates in the subsequent activity?

4. How does Tessie further disrupt the proceedings?

5. Why is the lottery held later in the morning in this particular village?

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

7. Describe the kind of morning it is on the day of the lottery.

8. What excuse does Tessie make for being late?

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

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

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 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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