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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What explanation does the late comer give for being late?
(a) She overslept.
(b) She had a cake in the oven.
(c) Her clock had stopped.
(d) She forgot what day it is.

3. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?
(a) They look forward to it.
(b) They are confused about it.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They do not like the suspense.

4. What is Jackson satirizing by having the children participate so willingly in the stoning?
(a) Hansel and Gretle.
(b) Parents who let their children run their lives.
(c) Well behaved children.
(d) Bringing children up with adults' biases.

5. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?
(a) He gets his clean clothes all dirty and has to go home and change.
(b) He puts the stones he collected in his pocket.
(c) He does not respond to his mother's call and his father reprimands him.
(d) He gets in a fight with another boy and has a bloody nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?

2. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?

3. Where does Mrs. Hutchinson locate her husband and children?

4. Why do they stop using the wood chips?

5. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?

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