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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. To whom does Mary call out when she returns from the store?
(a) Sam
(b) Ben
(c) Jack
(d) Patrick

2. What does Mary do at the end of the short story?
(a) She trembles
(b) She giggles
(c) She vomits
(d) She cries

3. Mary’s feelings for her husband in the beginning of the story are defined in which way?
(a) Mary detests her husband
(b) Mary is enraged at her husband
(c) Mary fears her husband
(d) Mary adores her husband

4. Where does Mary set her parcel from the store down when she enters her home?
(a) On the floor
(b) On the kitchen table
(c) In the sink
(d) In a chair

5. What word from the short story means to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination?
(a) Ponder
(b) Decisive
(c) Abundant
(d) Hesitate

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Mary call Sergeant Noonan as the investigation continues?

2. Mary tells herself as she walks home from the store, “That’s the way. Do Everything” how?

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

4. Mary overhears the police detective telling another that the store clerk said Mary’s behavior was what?

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

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