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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) Mary
(b) Mrs. M.
(c) Miss Mary
(d) Mrs. Maloney

2. What is Sergeant Noonan’s first name in the story?
(a) Patrick
(b) James
(c) Peter
(d) Jack

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

4. What does Mary offer to get Patrick, but is turned down, after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) His glasses
(b) The newspaper
(c) His pipe
(d) His slippers

5. Mary tells the police detectives that Patrick was where when she returned from the store?
(a) Lying on the floor
(b) Curled up in the bathtub
(c) Slumped over in his chair
(d) Sitting upright on the couch

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?

2. What is Patrick’s profession in the short story?

3. Mary tells the police detective that she doesn’t own any items like he suggested for the murder weapon, but that there might be some things like that where?

4. Where does Mary sit in the bedroom after killing Patrick?

5. What does Mary buy at the store after she’s killed Patrick?

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