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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. One of the police detectives asks Mary if anything in the house could have been used as a weapon and if she will take a look around to see if anything is missing. What items does he suggest?
(a) A hammer or a shovel
(b) A brick or a rock
(c) A big spanner or a heavy metal vase
(d) A frying pan or a fire poker

2. Mary is described as loving the way that Patrick remains silent about his what, in the beginning of the short story?
(a) Admiration
(b) Frustration
(c) Tiredness
(d) Anger

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

4. According to the narrator, after Patrick tells Mary his story, “Her first instinct was to” do what?
(a) Run out the front door
(b) Clean the house
(c) Scream and slap him
(d) Not believe any of it, to reject it all

5. As Mary, in the living room, listens to the policemen in the kitchen, their voices are described as being what “because their mouths were full of meat”?
(a) Loud and boisterous
(b) Soft and satisfied
(c) Thick and sloppy
(d) Mumbling and incoherent

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” that the time when Mary’s husband arrives home is always what kind of “time of day” for her?

2. What does Mary ask Sergeant Noonan to give her as the investigation continues?

3. Where does Mary say there’s “plenty of meat and stuff” after Patrick’s arrival?

4. How long does Patrick remain standing before he crashes to the carpet?

5. One of the policemen says to Mary, “It’s the old story. Get the weapon, and you’ve got” what?

(see the answer key)

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