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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Clyde Dunbar not draw for his family?
(a) He is in the military.
(b) He is at home with a broken leg.
(c) He is in the hospital.
(d) He is on duty as fireman.

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

3. Why are the children running around that morning?
(a) It is Saturday and there is no school.
(b) Lottery Day is a special holiday for children.
(c) The teachers are in the lottery so they come to see them.
(d) Lottery Day is a school holiday.

4. What trouble does Bobby Martin get into?
(a) He gets in a fight with another boy and has a bloody nose.
(b) He gets his clean clothes all dirty and has to go home and change.
(c) He does not respond to his mother's call and his father reprimands him.
(d) He puts the stones he collected in his pocket.

5. What serious formality occurs before the lottery begins?
(a) The singing of the village anthem.
(b) The pledge of allegiance.
(c) The blessing of the box.
(d) The swearing in of the officials.

6. Where is Tessie by the time everyone has their stones?
(a) With her family.
(b) In the center.
(c) Running to hide.
(d) Behind Mr. Summers.

7. What does Mr. Graves carry onto the village square?
(a) A trumpet to begin the ceremony.
(b) A roster of the village people.
(c) A three-legged stool.
(d) An American flag.

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

9. How many slips do the Hutchinson's take out of the box?
(a) Three. One for Bill, Tessie, and Bill, Jr.
(b) Four. One for each the family members except the baby.
(c) Two. One for Bill and one for Tessie.
(d) Five. One for each member of the family.

10. Why does Tessie try to add her daughter's family to Bill Hutchinson's second drawing?
(a) She feels the need to have all her family with her.
(b) The more people in the drawing, the greater chance she has of not getting the dot.
(c) She is trying to get the whole thing done over.
(d) She wants her daughter to have a chance to win, too.

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

12. What are the women doing before the lottery?
(a) Running around looking for their children.
(b) Avoicing each other's eyes.
(c) Putting up the bunting.
(d) Standing together and gossiping.

13. Who will participate in the ritual?
(a) The children only because it is their holiday.
(b) Only the men of the village.
(c) All Tessie's friends, neighbors, and family members.
(d) The women because Tessie is a woman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does his oldest son not draw for him?

2. What is in the black box?

3. Who is to draw for the Watson family?

4. What is on each of the children's papers?

5. What happens to Tessie first?

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