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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. By what name is Mary addressed by the store clerk?
(a) Mrs. Maloney
(b) Mrs. M.
(c) Mary
(d) Miss Mary

2. What is Mary doing as she awaits her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Sewing
(b) Reading
(c) Listening to the radio
(d) Painting

3. Mary is told by the policemen that her husband has been killed how?
(a) By a gunshot wound to the stomach
(b) By drowning in the bathtub
(c) By suffocation after being hung
(d) By a blow to the back of the head

4. What does Mary take from her husband when he first arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) His coat
(b) His belt
(c) His tie
(d) His shoes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What overturns when Patrick falls to his death in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What is Mary’s response when she sees Patrick’s body after returning from the store?

3. To whom does Mary call out when she returns from the store?

4. Patrick tells Mary that what he has to say will be what to her in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. What kind of air is described about Mary and “everything she did” in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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