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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 instruction given to the villagers about what to do after they have drawn?
(a) They are to look at their papers but not show anyone else.
(b) They are to register with Mr. Graves as having drawn.
(c) They are not to look at thier papers untill all have drawn.
(d) They are to show their papers to everyone.

2. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?
(a) A black, wooden box.
(b) The book of rules.
(c) The village flag.
(d) A milking stool.

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

4. Is everyone present as the lottery ceremony begins?
(a) Yes, it is a crime to be late for the lottery.
(b) Yes, they do not start until all are there.
(c) No, one woman comes running up late.
(d) No, one entire family is missing.

5. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?
(a) The boy is not yet sixteen.
(b) He is too small to reach inside the box.
(c) He rus away when the lottery begins.
(d) His mother is next in line for the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some people think about discontinuing the lottery?

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

3. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?

4. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?

5. In a large village, how long might the lottery last?

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