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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior as she makes her way to her family?
(a) Perplexed and confused.
(b) Laughing and apologizing for being late.
(c) Somber and angry.
(d) Anxious and in a hurry.

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

3. What do some people think about discontinuing the lottery?
(a) Some people want to discontinue the lottery.
(b) Some people want to hold the lottery twice a year.
(c) Some people want to change the date of the lottery.
(d) Some people want to make the lottery grander.

4. What is the atmosphere of the village as the lottery gets under way?
(a) There is great jollity among the people.
(b) It is orderly and respectful.
(c) It is chaos.
(d) Everyone is talking at once.

5. What element of surprise does Jackson use in the story?
(a) That the government steps in and stops the lottery.
(b) That Tessie sacrifices herself for her children.
(c) Winning a lottery is usually a good thing and not something to dread.
(d) That the community does not know what the

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is to draw for the Watson family?

2. What are some villages rumored to be doing with their lottery?

3. Who is the first person called to draw for the lottery?

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

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

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