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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. Where was “Lamb to the Slaughter” first published?
(a) Reader’s Digest
(b) Harper’s Magazine
(c) Newsweek
(d) New York Magazine

2. How is the drink that Mary mixes for herself described in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Strong
(b) Just right
(c) Ice cold
(d) Weak

3. As Mary walks home from the store, the narrator states, “Mind you, she wasn’t expecting to find anything. She was just going home with the” what?
(a) Bread
(b) Vegetables
(c) Whiskey
(d) Steak

4. What does Mary resume doing after Patrick arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Sewing
(b) Reading
(c) Humming
(d) Cooking

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is working at the store when Mary arrives after killing Patrick?

2. Mary is awaiting her husband’s arrival from where in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. Who discovers a small patch of congealed blood on Patrick’s head when the police arrive?

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

5. One of the police detectives asks Mary if anything in the house could have been used as a weapon and if she will take a look around to see if anything is missing. What items does he suggest?

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