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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. Patrick tells Mary in the story, “I've thought about it a good deal and I've decided the only thing to do is” what?
(a) Pray for forgiveness
(b) Tell you right away
(c) Put the baby up for adoption
(d) Get a divorce

2. How many police officers initially arrive after Mary calls the police?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 2

3. Which object from “Lamb to the Slaughter” symbolizes “revenge”?
(a) The newspaper article
(b) The pastry string
(c) The leg of lamb
(d) The wall clock

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

5. As Mary, in the living room, listens to the policemen in the kitchen, their voices are described as being what “because their mouths were full of meat”?
(a) Mumbling and incoherent
(b) Soft and satisfied
(c) Thick and sloppy
(d) Loud and boisterous

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the “small favor” that Mary asks of Sergeant Noonan and the other officers?

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

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

4. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?

5. How is Patrick said to travel in relation to Mary as he relates his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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