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Q.1)
1. Describe how the village looks on the day of the lottery.

A.
Very metropolitan with shiny glass commercial buildings

B.
Neat houses, green lawns and flowers everywhere (Your Answer)

C.
Gloomy and cold with gray houses

D.
Dusty, dry with paint peeling off the houses

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Q.2)
2. How many people live in the village?

A.
About 300 (Correct Answer)

B.
Less than 100 (Your Answer)

C.
3,446

D.
Just under a thousand

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Q.3)
3. What are people gathering in the town square?

A.
There is a band concert in the morning.

B.
They are voting on whether to discontinue the lottery.

C.
The mayor is making a speech.

D.

It is the annual lottery day. (Your Answer)

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Q.4)

4. What is the traditional job of the village boys on Lottery Day?

A.
They play an exhibition football game before the lottery. (Your Answer)

B.
They collect stones and bring them to the town square. (Correct Answer)

C.
They form an honor guard for the lottery box.

D.
They keep the younger children off of the grass.

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Q.5)
5. Which stones are the most prized for use in the lottery?

A.
Shiny, decorative ones (Your Answer)

B.
Hard, jagged ones

C.
smooth, round ones (Correct Answer)

D.
heavy, flat ones

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Q.6)
6. What is the date of the lottery?

A.
July 4th (Your Answer)

B.

February 2nd

C.
June 27th (Correct Answer)

D.
April 1st

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Q.7)
9. In a large village, how long might the lottery last?

A.
All day because they have more activities in the square. (Your Answer)

B.
An hour because the slips were mailed to people.

C.
Not long because of better equipment.

D.
As much as seven days. (Correct Answer)

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Q.8)
10. What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?

A.
Standing together and talking politics. (Your Answer)

B.
Standing together and talking about women.

C.
Standing in a group but not talking.

D.
Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain. (Correct Answer)

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Q.9)
11. What are the women doing before the lottery?

A.
Standing together and gossiping. (Your Answer)

B.
Putting up the bunting.

C.
Avoiding each others eyes.

D.
Running around looking for their children.

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Q.10)
12. How do they assemble when it is time to begin the ceremony?

A.
In double file lines. (Your Answer)

B.
Making a huge circle in the town square.

C.
Crowding forward to try to be first to draw,.

D.
Coming together in family groups. (Correct Answer)

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Q.11)
13. What is being used for the first time this year?

A.
Slips of paper instead of wood chips (Your Answer)

B.
A new black box

C.
Black and white ping pong balls

D.
A bigger stool

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Q.12)
14. What serious formality occurs before the lottery begins?

A.

The singing of the village anthem (Your Answer)

B.

The swearing in of the officials (Correct Answer)

C.

The pledge of allegiance

D.

The blessing of the box

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Q.13)
15. What is Mr. Zanini's distinction at the lottery?

A.

He is the last one to draw a slip from the black box. (Your Answer)

B.

He is the first one to draw in the lottery.

C.

He is the oldest man at the lottery.

D.

He is the only single man there.

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Q.14)
16. What sound is heard as the papers are opened?

A.

Nothing. It is very quiet. (Your Answer)

B.

The school marching band.

C.

Lil Wayne

D.

The women speaking all at once. (Correct Answer)

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Q.15)
17. What is the procedure after Bill reveals that his family is the one?

A.

Slips will be put in the box for every member of the Hutchinson family. (Your Answer)

B.

The youngest Hutchinson will claim the prize.

C.

The village people will vote for their favorite Hutchinson family member.

D.

The Hutchinson family will draw straws to see who takes the prize.

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Q.16)
18. Who needs help from Mr. Graves to open his slip?

A.

Tessie (Your Answer)

B.

All of the children

C.

Little Dave Hutchinson (Correct Answer)

D.

The youngest daugter

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Q.17)
19. Who will participate in the ritual?

A.

All of Tessie's friends, neighbors and family members (Your Answer)

B.

The women only because Tessie is a woman

C.

The children only because it is their holiday.

D.

Only the men of the village

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Q.18)
20. What type of story is The Lottery?

A.

A comedy (Your Answer)

B.

A satire (Correct Answer)

C.

A history

D.

A drama

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Q.19)
21. What is Jackson's main theme in this short story?

A.

The foolishness of blindly following tradition (Your Answer)

B.

The value of human life

C.

The need for tradition in small towns

D.

The need for change in a community

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Q.20)
22. What is the tone as the story begins?

A.

Dry like a newspaper article

B.

An average day with overcast sky (Your Answer)

C.

Dreary and ominous

D.

Cheerful, bright and colorful (Correct Answer)

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Q.21)
23. What is Jackson's first element of surprise in the story?

A.
Mr. Summers changing the tradition (Your Answer)

B.
Mr. Graves forgetting the stool

C.
Tessie being late for the lottery

D.
The boys gathering stones (Correct Answer)

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Q.22)
24. What holiday is mentioned in the story that suggests this village is in America?

A.
Christmas (Your Answer)

B.
The 4th of July

C.
Halloween (Correct Answer)

D.
Groundhog Day

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Q.23)
25. How do most of the villagers appear to regard the lottery?

A.
They hate it. (Your Answer)

B.
They are confused by it.

C.
They look forward to it. (Correct Answer)

D.
They do not like the suspense.