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The Lottery Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?
(a) They are confused about it.
(b) They hate it.
(c) They look forward to it.
(d) They do not like the suspense.

4. Why are people gathering in the town square?
(a) There is a band concert that morning.
(b) The mayor is making a speech.
(c) It is the annual lottery day.
(d) They are voting whether to discontinue the lottery.

5. What does Mr. Summers do as soon as he is sworn in?
(a) Bows low and receives the crown.
(b) Leads the invocation.
(c) Faces and greets the villagers.
(d) Puts his hand on the black box three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they stop using the wood chips?

2. What serious formality occurs before the lottery begins?

3. What is Mr. Zanini's distinction at the lottery?

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

5. Who helps hold the box to keep it steady?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tessie try to widen the odds of her drawing the black dot?

2. What kind of lists are required for the conduct of the lottery?

3. In naming the holidays observed by the village, how does Jackson hint at the macabre nature of the lottery?

4. At what point in the story does Jackson raise the question of what's going on with her readers?

5. Why is Mr. Summers always in charge of the lottery every year?

6. As Tessie continues to voice her objections, what does her husband do?

7. What is Old man Warner's response to Mr. Adams suggestion of doing away with the lottery?

8. What do the villagers begin to do at that point?

9. What is THE LOTTERY meant to satirize?

10. How are people dressed for this annual event?

(see the answer keys)

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