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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?
(a) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain.
(b) Standing in a group but not talking.
(c) Standing together and talking politics.
(d) Standing together and talking about women.

2. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip?
(a) All of the children.
(b) Tessie.
(c) Little Dave Hutchinson.
(d) The youngest daughter.

3. Who gets to go first in the second drawing?
(a) Bill draws first.
(b) The three children draw first.
(c) The oldest son draws first.
(d) Tessie insists on drawing first.

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

5. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?
(a) She is complaining that the drawing was not fair.
(b) She is bragging to the other women.
(c) She is jumping up and down with excitement.
(d) She is mentioning that Bill got that slip the last lottery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?

3. What does everyone get at this point?

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

5. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?

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