At the end of the story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, Mrs. Hutchinson is killed by the townspeople with stones. After she draws the slip of paper with the black mark, she becomes the target of the ritualistic sacrifice that the community conducts each year.
What happens to Mrs. Hutchinson at the end of the story?
She is punished by the townspeople for a crime she committed.
She is banished from the town and never able to return.
She is tricked into picking the paper with the black mark.
She is killed by the townspeople with stones.
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