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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?
(a) His mother is next in line for the family.
(b) He rus away when the lottery begins.
(c) He is too small to reach inside the box.
(d) The boy is not yet sixteen.

3. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?
(a) Making a huge circle in the town square.
(b) Crowding forward to try and be first to draw.
(c) In double file lines.
(d) Coming together in family groups.

4. What is the instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?
(a) They are to show their papers to everyone.
(b) They are not to look at thier papers untill all have drawn.
(c) They are to look at their papers but not show anyone else.
(d) They are to register with Mr. Graves as having drawn.

5. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?
(a) Tessie being late for the lottery.
(b) The boys gathering stones.
(c) Mr. Graves forgetting the stool.
(d) Mr. Summers changing the tradition.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the date of the lottery?

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

5. What are the women doing before the lottery?

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