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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. What is the age of majority in the village?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

2. Who is to draw for the Watson family?
(a) The tall Watson boy.
(b) Mr. Summers.
(c) Mrs. Watson.
(d) Mr. Watson's brother.

3. What is the irony of Tessie Hutchinson drawing the black dot?
(a) She was the only one who protested the procedure.
(b) Tessie did not know the tradition.
(c) Dessenters are a threat to tradition and must be removed.
(d) She drew the dot because she was late.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the village look like on the morning of the lottery?

2. Why is everyone participating, even the Hutchinson children?

3. What is the date of the lottery?

4. What is Tessie Hutchinson doing when she realizes Bill has the marked slip?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is THE LOTTERY meant to satirize?

2. Who is called after Mrs. Dunbar, showing that no one is left out of the lottery?

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

4. How does Jackson draw the reader into the spirit of the lottery?

5. Until she is knocked unconscious, what does Tessie keep trying to do?

6. Describe the kind of morning it is on the day of the lottery.

7. Have there ever been deviations from tradition in the past? What are they?

8. Who participates in the subsequent activity?

9. How does the Martin family make the scene appear like a gathering of everyday families?

10. What does Mr. Graves do at the Hutchinson family drawing?

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