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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. Mary tells herself as she walks home from the store, “That’s the way. Do Everything” how?
(a) Nice and stealthily
(b) Right and natural
(c) Tame and normal
(d) Fast and accurate

2. Author Roald Dahl was born in what year?
(a) 1932
(b) 1916
(c) 1961
(d) 1897

3. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?
(a) Log
(b) Club
(c) Board
(d) Brick

4. Mary hides the truth about Patrick’s murder to presumably protect whom?
(a) Patrick’s lover
(b) Her unborn child
(c) Her mother
(d) Her secret lover

5. What is the store clerk’s response when Mary asks him if he thinks her dinner will be all right despite being cooked from frozen?
(a) Personally, I would thaw it first
(b) Personally, I will only eat them fresh
(c) I wouldn’t know, I am a vegetarian
(d) Personally, I don’t believe it makes any difference

Short Answer Questions

1. Patrick tells Mary in the story, “I've thought about it a good deal and I've decided the only thing to do is” what?

2. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says that it is probably where?

3. What color is Patrick’s second drink that he makes for himself described as?

4. What is a prominent literary element in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. What does Mary buy at the store after she’s killed Patrick?

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