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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. Patrick tells Mary in the first half of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” “I hope you won’t blame” who too much?
(a) Me
(b) God
(c) Yourself
(d) My mistress

2. 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) Mediocre
(b) Jealous
(c) Maddening
(d) Blissful

3. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says that it is probably where?
(a) Somewhere hidden in the garden
(b) In an alleyway somewhere
(c) Long gone
(d) Right under our noses

4. Author Roald Dahl was born in what year?
(a) 1897
(b) 1916
(c) 1932
(d) 1961

5. From what narrative point of view is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?
(a) Second person
(b) First person
(c) Third person
(d) Fourth person

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary offer to get Patrick, but is turned down, after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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

3. What is a literary technique used to develop suspense in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. As Patrick begins to talk to Mary, the lamplight leaves what aspects of his face in shadow?

5. Who is working at the store when Mary arrives after killing Patrick?

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