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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. How long does Patrick remain standing before he crashes to the carpet?
(a) 15-20 seconds
(b) 4-5 seconds
(c) 5-10 seconds
(d) 2-3 seconds

2. What word from the story refers to keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss?
(a) Grief
(b) Astonishment
(c) Frantic
(d) Wonder

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

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

5. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?
(a) Sentence
(b) Alibi
(c) Prosecution
(d) Motive

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was author Roald Dahl born?

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

3. According to the narrator, “the detectives kept asking [Mary] a lot of questions. But they always treated her” how?

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?

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

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