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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. Mary tells herself on the way home from the store that if she does things correctly “there’ll be no need for any” what at all?
(a) Explanation
(b) Alibi
(c) Acting
(d) Crying

2. The narrator states in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” that the time when Mary’s husband arrives home is always what kind of “time of day” for her?
(a) Blissful
(b) Maddening
(c) Mediocre
(d) Jealous

3. What is the first question that Mary asks Patrick after he arrives home?
(a) Where shall we go for dinner?
(b) How was your day?
(c) Catch any criminals today?
(d) Tired darling?

4. When Sergeant Noonan offers to take Mary to another house for the night, she responds that she “didn’t feel like she could move even” how much “at the moment”?
(a) A centimeter
(b) A yard
(c) An inch
(d) A foot

5. How does Mary kill her husband in the story?
(a) She shoots him in the chest
(b) She poisons him
(c) She strangles him
(d) She hits him over the head

Short Answer Questions

1. From what narrative tense is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?

2. What is the first sound that Mary hears of her husband’s arrival in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What is Mary’s presumed reason for going to the store in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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

5. What word from the short story refers to the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers?

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