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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 is described as sitting how in a chair in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Loosely
(b) Stiffly
(c) Sleepily
(d) Slouchy

2. What does Mary do with the meat after killing Patrick?
(a) Puts it in the oven
(b) Throws it into the trash
(c) Throws it onto the grill
(d) Puts it into the fireplace

3. How many police officers initially arrive after Mary calls the police?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 4

4. According to the narrator, “the detectives kept asking [Mary] a lot of questions. But they always treated her” how?
(a) Suspiciously
(b) Innocently
(c) Respectfully
(d) Kindly

5. Mary tells the store clerk that Patrick has caught her without any what?
(a) Beverages
(b) Vegetables
(c) Dessert
(d) Meat

Short Answer Questions

1. Which object from “Lamb to the Slaughter” symbolizes “revenge”?

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

3. Mary is told by the policemen that her husband has been killed with what weapon?

4. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. Who is the protagonist of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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