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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 time does the clock say when Mary begins to listen for her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) 8:05 p.m.
(b) 5:15 p.m.
(c) 4:50 p.m.
(d) 3:30 p.m.

2. How is Patrick said to travel in relation to Mary as he relates his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Above and beyond her with each word
(b) Closer and closer to her with each word
(c) Further and further away from her with each word
(d) Entangling toward her with each word

3. What does Mary request while she’s rehearsing in her room after killing Patrick?
(a) Ham and eggs
(b) A lawyer
(c) Her mother’s phone number
(d) Potatoes and peas

4. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?
(a) Alibi
(b) Prosecution
(c) Motive
(d) Sentence

5. According to the narrator, Mary “knew [Patrick] didn’t want to speak much until” what was finished?
(a) Supper
(b) The first drink
(c) The sunset
(d) The second drink

Short Answer Questions

1. Patrick’s “statement” to Mary is not detailed in the text, but is said to last now long at most?

2. How are the curtains arranged in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. How is the drink that Mary mixes for herself described in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. What is Mary doing as she awaits her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. Who is offered more as Mary listens to the policemen in the kitchen eating?

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