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

2. What is Mary doing as she enters her home from the store?
(a) Laughing and giggling
(b) Humming and smiling
(c) Frowning and praying
(d) Crying and thinking

3. What does Mary ask Sergeant Noonan to give her as the investigation continues?
(a) A gun
(b) A drink
(c) A notepad
(d) A police sketch

4. How are Mary’s actions described when she kills her husband?
(a) Hesitant
(b) Rage driven
(c) Without any pause
(d) Filled with remorse

5. Mary calls the police officer’s dear friends of whom in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Sam
(b) Patrick
(c) Hers
(d) Jesus

Short Answer Questions

1. As Patrick begins to talk to Mary, the lamplight leaves what aspects of his face in shadow?

2. Where does Mary discover her dead husband lying after she returns from the store?

3. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. Mary tells the police detectives that the meat for Patrick’s dinner is where when they question her?

5. Mary stops to wonder after killing Patrick, “What were the laws about murderers with” what?

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