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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accusation does Tessie make to Joe Summers?
(a) That he doesn't like her and arranged for her to get the dot.
(b) That he goes first every year to lessen his chances of getting the dot.
(c) That someone else should draw for him.
(d) That he cheated when he drew his own slip.

2. Who helps hold the box to keep it steady?
(a) Mr. Graves and Mr. Summers.
(b) Mr. Martin and his son.
(c) The mayor and the chief of police.
(d) Several of the larger boys.

3. When is the lottery held each year?
(a) Before the corn harvest.
(b) At the beginning of spring.
(c) At Thanksgiving.
(d) During the full moon.

4. Why are the children running around that morning?
(a) Lottery Day is a school holiday.
(b) It is Saturday and there is no school.
(c) Lottery Day is a special holiday for children.
(d) The teachers are in the lottery so they come to see them.

5. Who tells the boys what to do on the morning of the lottery?
(a) The village council.
(b) No one, they all know their responsibility.
(c) Their mothers.
(d) Their fathers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Summers do as soon as he is sworn in?

3. Who is the last person accounted for before the lottery begins?

4. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?

5. What type of story is THE LOTTERY?

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