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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 are the women doing before the lottery?

2. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?

3. How many slips do the Hutchinson's take out of the box?

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

5. How many people live in the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mostly the townspeople seem to look forward to the lottery. What comment is Jackson making on human nature at this point?

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

3. How does Tessie further disrupt the proceedings?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In place of the salute, what is required now of the lottery official?

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 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 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.

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