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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the last person accounted for before the lottery begins?
(a) Mrs. Dunbar.
(b) The tall Watson boy.
(c) Tessie Hutchinson.
(d) Old man Warner.

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

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

4. What is the tone as the story begins?
(a) Dry like a newspaper article.
(b) Cheerful, bright, and colorful.
(c) Dreary and ominous.
(d) An average day with overcast sky.

5. Who is the first to hold up his slip of paper?
(a) Old man Warner.
(b) Mr. Summers.
(c) Mr. Graves.
(d) Bill Hutchinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lottery hint at?

2. What is Old man Warner's meaning when he says lottery in June, corn harvest soon?

3. What does Tessie's paper mean?

4. What is the age of majority in the village?

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

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