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

2. What holiday is mentioned in the story that suggests this village is in America?
(a) The 4th of July.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Groundhog Day.
(d) Halloween.

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

4. What does Mrs. Delacroix have in her hands?
(a) A huge stone.
(b) A chocolate cake.
(c) The lottery flag.
(d) The Hutchinson baby.

5. What is revealing about the social order of the village?
(a) The women hold a superior position.
(b) The men are drinking ale.
(c) The men and women are not together.
(d) The children and running around unsupervised.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior as she makes her way to her family?

2. Who tells the boys what to do on the morning of the lottery?

3. What does Mr. Summers carry onto the village square?

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

5. What does Mr. Graves carry onto the village square?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Dunbar come forward to draw in place of her husband?

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Delacroix do to participate in the stoning?

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

6. What request do Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves make of the villagers and who volunteers?

7. Who do they look for before continuing with the lottery?

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

9. Are other lotteries still being held in other villages?

10. What does Mr. Adams discuss with Old man Warner?

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