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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 Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?

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

3. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?

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

5. How does Jackson suggest that tradition may be questioned?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Are other lotteries still being held in other villages?

3. How do the villagers know that Bill Hutchinson is holding the slip of paper with the black dot?

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

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

6. What are the heads of families instructed to do with their slips of paper?

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

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

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

10. What are some other town functions that Mr. Summers presides over?

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

Expand on the character of Mr. Summers in THE LOTTERY. Describe how you imagine his business dealings in detail and his political control over the village.

Essay Topic 3

Do some research and write a paper that briefly describes cultures that have held human sacrifices. Identify, if possible, their reasons for doing so.

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