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

3. Why do they stop using the wood chips?
(a) Trees are getting scarce.
(b) People get splinters form the wood.
(c) The village population is growing.
(d) They want to be more modern.

4. What is the atmosphere of the village as the lottery gets under way?
(a) It is chaos.
(b) There is great jollity among the people.
(c) It is orderly and respectful.
(d) Everyone is talking at once.

5. What is Jackson saying about tradition.
(a) That it is bad luck to change it.
(b) That it is necessary to keep a culture alive.
(c) That very few people question it.
(d) That tradition is better than creating new ways.

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

7. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?
(a) It is dusty and dry with the paint peeling off the houses.
(b) It is in the sun with neat houses, green lawns, and flowers everywhere.
(c) It is gloomy and cold looking with gray houses.
(d) It is very metropolitan with shiny glass commercial buildings.

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

9. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?
(a) Because they are all hypnotized.
(b) Because they have nothing better to do.
(c) Because they will be jailed if they do not.
(d) Because it is a village activity.

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

11. What is Tessie doing in the center of the circle of her friends, neighbors, and family?
(a) Dancing the lottery jig.
(b) Gloating that she is the winner.
(c) Sitting on a makeshift throne.
(d) Holding out her hands and crying that it is not fair.

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

13. When Mr. Summers says it is time, what does everyone do?
(a) Look at their papers and hold them up.
(b) Tear their papers into small pieces.
(c) Drop their papers in the box.
(d) Look at their papers and not show them.

14. What is Mr. Zanini's distinction at the lottery?
(a) He is the first one to draw in the lottery.
(b) He is the last one to draw a slip from the black box.
(c) He is the only single man there.
(d) He is the oldest man at the lottery.

15. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?
(a) They form an honor guard for the lottery box.
(b) They keep the younger children off the grass.
(c) They collect stones and bring them to the town square.
(d) They play an exhibition football game before the lottery.