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

2. What is Mary’s response when she sees Patrick’s body after returning from the store?
(a) She kicks the body
(b) She runs and hides
(c) She begins crying
(d) She laughs

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?
(a) In the garage
(b) In the closet
(c) In the shed
(d) In the basement

4. What is the presumed setting of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) England
(b) The United States
(c) France
(d) Canada

5. One of the policemen says to Mary, “It’s the old story. Get the weapon, and you’ve got” what?
(a) More questions
(b) A good lead
(c) The man
(d) The answers

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mary leaves the store, she tells herself that she’s returning home to do what?

2. What kind of look describes Mary’s eyes in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What is Mary’s last name in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. Who gets up at once after the congealed blood is found on Patrick’s head and hurries to the phone?

5. Where is Patrick standing when Mary reenters the living room with the meat from the freezer?

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