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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the lottery begin late in this village?
(a) Because they have trouble locating the lottery box.
(b) Because someone forgot to prepar the lottery slips of paper.
(c) Because it took longer for the boys to find stones.
(d) Because there are so few people, the drawing only last a few hours.

2. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?
(a) That family is the least important thing in the village.
(b) That everyone does not need to be present.
(c) That it is a tradition that must be continued.
(d) That everyone knows how the tradition began.

3. What is the date of the lottery?
(a) February 2nd
(b) June 27th
(c) April 1st
(d) July 4th

4. What does Mrs. Dunbar hold in her hands?
(a) A bag full of small stones.
(b) A slingshot.
(c) More moderate stones than Mrs. Delacroix.
(d) The Hutchinson baby.

5. Which stones are the most prized for use in the lottery?
(a) Heavy, flat ones.
(b) Shiny, decorative ones.
(c) Smooth, round ones.
(d) Hard, jagged ones.

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

7. What finally happens with Tessie?
(a) She has to catch and throw back the stones.
(b) She must dodge all the stones.
(c) She has a heart attack and dies.
(d) All the villagers stone her to death.

8. What is being used for the first time this year?
(a) Slips of paper instead of wood chips.
(b) A bigger stool.
(c) A new black box.
(d) Black and white ping pong balls.

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

10. What is on each of the children's papers?
(a) Nothing. They are blank.
(b) Colored pictures.
(c) A secret message.
(d) Gift certificates.

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

12. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?
(a) Standing in a group but not talking.
(b) Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain.
(c) Standing together and talking about women.
(d) Standing together and talking politics.

13. What does Tessie do with her paper?
(a) She puts it in her purse.
(b) She looks at it and is dissapointed that hers is not the one.
(c) She runs around showing it to all the women.
(d) She holds it behind her back.

14. 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.

15. Who is the first person called to draw for the lottery?
(a) Tessie Hutchinson.
(b) Mr. Martin.
(c) Mrs. Graves.
(d) Mr. Adams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which man holds the winning paper?

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

4. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?

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

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