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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 the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?
(a) She was the only one who protested the procedure.
(b) She drew the dot because she was late.
(c) Tessie did not know the tradition.
(d) Dessenters are a threat to tradition and must be removed.

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

3. Which stones are the most prized for use in the lottery?
(a) Heavy, flat ones.
(b) Smooth, round ones.
(c) Hard, jagged ones.
(d) Shiny, decorative ones.

4. What does everyone get at this point?
(a) Refreshments.
(b) Stones.
(c) Instructions.
(d) Blank papers.

5. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?
(a) Going back to the Stone Age.
(b) Taking the life out of the village.
(c) Shaming the ancestors.
(d) Inviting strangers into the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Has there ever been any other breaks with tradition?

2. What is being used for the first time this year?

3. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?

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

5. What serious formality occurs before the lottery begins?

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