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

2. What word from the story means a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law?
(a) Penalty
(b) Judgment
(c) Evidence
(d) Motive

3. Where was “Lamb to the Slaughter” first published?
(a) Reader’s Digest
(b) Newsweek
(c) Harper’s Magazine
(d) New York Magazine

4. What is Mary’s presumed reason for killing her husband in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Mary kills him because he lost his job
(b) Mary kills him because he won’t attend church
(c) Mary kills him because he is leaving her
(d) Mary kills him because he is an alcoholic

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary tells the police detectives that she was doing what when Patrick arrived home from work?

2. What reason does Mary give to the store clerk for her staying in tonight?

3. Patrick tells Mary that what he has to say will be what to her in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?

5. To whom does Mary call out when she returns from the store?

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