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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the children running around that morning?

2. What is on Tessie Hutchinson's paper?

3. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip?

4. Why do they stop using the wood chips?

5. What is Jackson saying about tradition.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tessie doing as the rest of her family open their slips?

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

3. What formality occurs before the lottery is officially open?

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

5. After Mrs. Dunbar has spoken up, what does Mr. Summers ask about the Watsons?

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

7. What do the boys do to prepare for the lottery.

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

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

10. What is Jackson saying about children in this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper about how children might be affected by the violence of the lottery. What will Davie Hutchinson be like when he is a teenager?

Essay Topic 2

Write two or three paragraphs about how a tradition was defeated in the USA. [For example, you might write about Women's Suffrage and how they got the right to vote.]

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper explaining how traditions may change over time. Traditions are usually handed down by example or word of mouth. How would this make it easy for change to happen?

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