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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 does Mary attempt to do in the bedroom after killing Patrick?
(a) Cry
(b) Call her mother
(c) Smile
(d) Scream

2. What does Mary take from her husband when he first arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) His tie
(b) His shoes
(c) His coat
(d) His belt

3. Mary is said to watch Patrick as he relates his statement “with a kind of dazed” what?
(a) Relief
(b) Horror
(c) Shock
(d) Amazement

4. How are the curtains arranged in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Only the left curtain is open
(b) The curtains are wide open
(c) Only the right curtain is open
(d) The curtains are drawn

5. From what narrative tense is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?
(a) Present possessive tense
(b) Present tense
(c) Past tense
(d) Future imperfect tense

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mary hides the truth about Patrick’s murder to presumably protect whom?

3. What is Mary doing as she enters her home from the store?

4. What is the store clerk’s response when Mary asks him if he thinks her dinner will be all right despite being cooked from frozen?

5. What kind of quality describes Mary’s skin in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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