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

2. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was written and is presumably set in what era?
(a) The 1940s
(b) The 1920s
(c) The 1950s
(d) The 1930s

3. Mary tells the police detective that she doesn’t own any items like he suggested for the murder weapon, but that there might be some things like that where?
(a) In the garage
(b) In the shed
(c) In the closet
(d) In the basement

4. When Sergeant Noonan offers to take Mary to another house for the night, she responds that she “didn’t feel like she could move even” how much “at the moment”?
(a) An inch
(b) A yard
(c) A centimeter
(d) A foot

5. How are the curtains arranged in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Only the right curtain is open
(b) The curtains are drawn
(c) The curtains are wide open
(d) Only the left curtain is open

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the story means a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law?

2. “Lamb to the Slaughter” illustrates author Roald Dahl’s fascination with what literary genre?

3. What day of the week is it in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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

5. What murder weapon is used to kill Patrick in the story?

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