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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 are the first thoughts that Mary thinks after killing her husband?
(a) Hail to Mary, I’ve done it
(b) I must call the police
(c) All right. So I’ve killed him
(d) Oh dear Lord what have I done

2. What is a literary technique used to develop suspense in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Assonance
(b) Foreshadowing
(c) Literary allusion
(d) Nonlinear plot

3. “Lamb to the Slaughter” illustrates author Roald Dahl’s fascination with what literary genre?
(a) Historical fiction
(b) Horror
(c) Science fiction
(d) Romance

4. Which object from “Lamb to the Slaughter” symbolizes “revenge”?
(a) The wall clock
(b) The newspaper article
(c) The leg of lamb
(d) The pastry string

5. Where does Mary exit the home after killing Patrick?
(a) Through the front window
(b) Through the back door
(c) Through the cellar door
(d) Through the front door

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do at the end of the short story?

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

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

4. Mary is said to be the wife of what after killing her husband?

5. What is the meat from the freezer wrapped in?

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