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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) Tired darling?
(b) Catch any criminals today?
(c) Where shall we go for dinner?
(d) How was your day?

2. What overturns when Patrick falls to his death in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A radio
(b) A small table
(c) A bookshelf
(d) A lamp

3. What is the meat from the freezer wrapped in?
(a) Paper
(b) Foil
(c) Burlap
(d) Plastic

4. The narrator states in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” that the time when Mary’s husband arrives home is always what kind of “time of day” for her?
(a) Blissful
(b) Maddening
(c) Mediocre
(d) Jealous

5. What does Mary request while she’s rehearsing in her room after killing Patrick?
(a) A lawyer
(b) Potatoes and peas
(c) Ham and eggs
(d) Her mother’s phone number

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do at the end of the short story?

2. The narrator states that Mary “loved to” do what “in the presence of this man” (Patrick) in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What is Mary’s response when the police officer on the phone asks, “Who’s speaking?”

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

5. What is the first sound that Mary hears of her husband’s arrival in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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