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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 happening when they make any change in the lottery procedure?

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

3. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?

4. Who is the first to hold up his slip of paper?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tessie further disrupt the proceedings?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens next after it is settled that Bill Hutchinson holds the paper with the black dot?

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

10. What is Old man Warner's response to Mr. Adams suggestion of doing away with the lottery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write a paper comparing THE LOTTERY with the infamous Salem witch trials. What is the common psychological thread that runs through the people of the village and the citizens of Salem intent on removing witches?

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