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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tessie do with her paper?
(a) She runs around showing it to all the women.
(b) She looks at it and is dissapointed that hers is not the one.
(c) She puts it in her purse.
(d) She holds it behind her back.

2. How does Jackson suggest that tradition may be questioned?
(a) A lot about the lottery has been forgotten.
(b) Some people oppose the lottery and some villages have already stopped it.
(c) Old man Warner compares it to the Stone Age.
(d) The village is getting smaller so tradition may die out.

3. What holiday is mentioned in the story that suggests this village is in America?
(a) The 4th of July.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Groundhog Day.
(d) Halloween.

4. What is the tone as the story begins?
(a) Dreary and ominous.
(b) Cheerful, bright, and colorful.
(c) Dry like a newspaper article.
(d) An average day with overcast sky.

5. Though they do not remember all the ancient ritual, what do the villagers all remember?
(a) The song.
(b) The march.
(c) The burning of the box.
(d) The stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?

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

3. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?

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

5. Who will participate in the ritual?

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