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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. What is Mary’s response when Patrick tells her, “Listen, I’ve got something to tell you”?
(a) Could it wait until after dinner?
(b) Should I sit down for this?
(c) Please, explain yourself
(d) What is it, darling? What’s the matter?

2. Where does Mary say there’s “plenty of meat and stuff” after Patrick’s arrival?
(a) In the garage
(b) In the cabinets
(c) In the cellar
(d) In the freezer

3. What murder weapon is used to kill Patrick in the story?
(a) A crow bar
(b) A gun
(c) A knife
(d) A leg of lamb

4. What is Mary’s response when the police officer on the phone asks, “Who’s speaking?”
(a) Mary M., Maloney, that is
(b) Mrs. Maloney. Mrs. Patrick Maloney
(c) It’s Mary Maloney
(d) Patrick’s wife, Mary

5. What is Patrick’s profession in the short story?
(a) He is a doctor
(b) He is a taxicab driver
(c) He is a truck driver
(d) He is a policeman

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the officer who is asked by another in the kitchen, “What do you think?”

2. One of the officers in the kitchen says of Patrick, “The doc says his skull was smashed all to pieces just like from a” what?

3. What happens to the murder weapon in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. What is a literary technique used to develop suspense in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. What day of the week is it in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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