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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 color is Patrick’s second drink that he makes for himself described as?
(a) Light brown
(b) Light crimson
(c) Dark amber
(d) Black

2. When Mary leaves to go to the store, it’s not yet what time?
(a) 9:00 p.m.
(b) 3:00 p.m.
(c) 6:00 p.m
(d) 10:00 a.m.

3. What food item does Mary offer to Patrick after he arrives home?
(a) Fish
(b) Bread
(c) Cheese
(d) Cake

4. Where does Mary discover her dead husband lying after she returns from the store?
(a) On the stairs
(b) In the bathroom
(c) In the bedroom
(d) In the living room

5. What are the first thoughts that Mary thinks after killing her husband?
(a) Hail to Mary, I’ve done it
(b) I must call the police
(c) All right. So I’ve killed him
(d) Oh dear Lord what have I done

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary is awaiting her husband’s arrival from where in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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

3. Patrick tells Mary after relating his story that “there needn’t really be any” what?

4. Mary tells the police officers that arrive that she had been where when Patrick was killed?

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

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