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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 in the black box?
(a) Stones.
(b) Slips of paper.
(c) Wood chips.
(d) Beans.

2. Who will participate in the ritual?
(a) Only the men of the village.
(b) All Tessie's friends, neighbors, and family members.
(c) The children only because it is their holiday.
(d) The women because Tessie is a woman.

3. How many people live in the village?
(a) Less than 100.
(b) Just under 1,000.
(c) 3,446.
(d) About 300.

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

5. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?
(a) The number 6.
(b) A black spot.
(c) A message.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are the children running around that morning?

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

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

5. What is the tone as the story begins?

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