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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Jackson satirizing by having the children participate so willingly in the stoning?
(a) Well behaved children.
(b) Parents who let their children run their lives.
(c) Bringing children up with adults' biases.
(d) Hansel and Gretle.

3. Who tells the boys what to do on the morning of the lottery?
(a) The village council.
(b) Their mothers.
(c) No one, they all know their responsibility.
(d) Their fathers.

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

5. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?
(a) The boys gathering stones.
(b) Mr. Graves forgetting the stool.
(c) Mr. Summers changing the tradition.
(d) Tessie being late for the lottery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they stop using the wood chips?

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

3. What is Jackson's main theme in the story?

4. What finally happens with Tessie?

5. How long has the lottery been going on?

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