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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 day of the week is it in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Friday
(b) Thursday
(c) Sunday
(d) Tuesday

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

3. What does Mary ask Sergeant Noonan to give her as the investigation continues?
(a) A notepad
(b) A police sketch
(c) A gun
(d) A drink

4. One of the officers in the kitchen says of Patrick, “The doc says his skull was smashed all to pieces just like from a” what?
(a) A piece of firewood
(b) Sledgehammer
(c) Tire iron
(d) Baseball bat

5. What does Mary say when the police pick up after she calls them?
(a) There has been a murder
(b) Quick! Come quick! Patrick’s dead!
(c) My husband has been attacked
(d) I need an ambulance

Short Answer Questions

1. Sergeant Noonan asks Mary if she would like to go somewhere else and suggests going to whose house in the story?

2. What literary style that applies to “Lamb to the Slaughter” refers to the use of the grotesque, morbid, or absurd for darkly comic purposes?

3. Who discovers a small patch of congealed blood on Patrick’s head when the police arrive?

4. How long does Patrick remain standing before he crashes to the carpet?

5. How are Patrick’s legs described when Mary sees his body after returning from the store?

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