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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. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?
(a) At the grocery store
(b) In the garden around the house
(c) At her mother’s house
(d) In the cellar and attic

2. Who is the first police officer to examine Patrick’s body?
(a) Sergeant Noonan
(b) O’Malley
(c) Charlie
(d) Sam

3. What is a prominent literary element in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Symbolism
(b) Onomatopoeia
(c) Literary allusion
(d) Repetitive verse

4. Who is the officer who is asked by another in the kitchen, “What do you think?”
(a) Charlie
(b) The fingerprint man
(c) O'Malley
(d) Sergeant Noonan

5. What word from the story refers to a state of being desperate or wild with excitement, passion or fear?
(a) Frantic
(b) Wonder
(c) Astonishment
(d) Grief

Short Answer Questions

1. The final comment made by the policemen in “Lamb to the Slaughter” relates to which literary element?

2. Patrick is described as sitting how in a chair in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. How is Mary said to greet the store clerk when she arrives after killing Patrick?

4. Where does Mary tell the police officer on the phone that Patrick is when she calls them?

5. Who is the protagonist of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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