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

2. What happens to Tessie first?
(a) They present her with roses.
(b) The women form a circle around her to change her clothes.
(c) She is given a tiara.
(d) A stone hits her on the side of her head.

3. Who gets to go first in the second drawing?
(a) Bill draws first.
(b) The three children draw first.
(c) The oldest son draws first.
(d) Tessie insists on drawing first.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the women doing before the lottery?

2. When is the lottery held each year?

3. What is stressed as important to the lottery all through the story?

4. Old man Warner suggests that discontinuing the lottery would be doing what?

5. Who is the first person called to draw for the lottery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens next after it is settled that Bill Hutchinson holds the paper with the black dot?

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

4. This time, who comes forward to draw slips of paper from the box?

5. According to the rules of the lottery, how long does the stoning go on?

6. Why have they made the switch to paper slips this year?

7. How do the children react to their school holiday?

8. Who is the second citizen of the village and what is his function in the lottery?

9. What happens after Mr. Zanini draw his paper?

10. Why does the first person called for the lists not appear?

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