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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. When Mary leaves the store, she tells herself that she’s returning home to do what?
(a) Wash the dishes
(b) Finish the laundry
(c) Cook dinner for her husband
(d) Call her sister on the phone

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

3. How are Patrick’s legs described when Mary sees his body after returning from the store?
(a) In a knot
(b) Doubled up
(c) Straight as arrows
(d) At right angles

4. What word used in describing the story’s setting refers to a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves or drawers?
(a) Frontslab
(b) Rearshelf
(c) Topdrawer
(d) Sideboard

5. What dessert does Mary purchase at the store?
(a) Apple pie
(b) Lemon cake
(c) Cheesecake
(d) Iced cream

Short Answer Questions

1. The final comment made by the policemen in “Lamb to the Slaughter” relates to which literary element?

2. Patrick is described as sitting how in a chair in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What member of the investigative team departs after the body has been carried out on a stretcher?

4. Who is working at the store when Mary arrives after killing Patrick?

5. Mary notices a little muscle twitching where on Patrick’s face as he begins to talk to her?

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