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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lamb to the Slaughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mary is described as loving the way that Patrick remains silent about his what, in the beginning of the short story?
(a) Admiration
(b) Frustration
(c) Anger
(d) Tiredness

2. From what narrative point of view is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?
(a) Third person
(b) Fourth person
(c) Second person
(d) First person

3. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?
(a) O'Malley
(b) A doctor
(c) Sergeant Noonan
(d) A police photographer

4. The final comment made by the policemen in “Lamb to the Slaughter” relates to which literary element?
(a) Irony
(b) Alliteration
(c) Onomatopoeia
(d) Assonance

5. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says, "Whoever done it, they're not going to be carrying a thing like that around with them longer than they” what?
(a) Need
(b) Got to
(c) Can
(d) Should

Short Answer Questions

1. Sergeant Noonan asks Mary if she would like to go somewhere else and suggests going to whose house in the story?

2. How does Mary reenter her home after going to the store?

3. What food item does Mary offer to Patrick after he arrives home?

4. What does Mary offer to get Patrick, but is turned down, after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. Mary is said to watch Patrick as he relates his statement “with a kind of dazed” what?

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