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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tessie try to do before Bill draws for the family?
(a) Stand where the newspaper photographer can get her photo.
(b) Find her three children to stand with their father.
(c) Include her daughter's family in the drawing.
(d) Run home to change clothes.

3. What is the age of majority in the village?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty.

4. What does Jackson hint in the story when Tessie is very late arriving?
(a) That Tessie is not originally from the village.
(b) That Tessie is a scatter brain.
(c) That Tessie is always late for everything.
(d) That Tessie has a premonition of something bad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?

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

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

4. What is Mr. Summers' position in the town?

5. What are the women doing before the lottery?

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