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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. All of Mary’s movements are said to be what, after Patrick has told her his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Stilted
(b) Automatic
(c) Monotonous
(d) Ominous

2. Mary is told by the policemen that her husband has been killed how?
(a) By drowning in the bathtub
(b) By a gunshot wound to the stomach
(c) By suffocation after being hung
(d) By a blow to the back of the head

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

4. What is the meat from the freezer wrapped in?
(a) Paper
(b) Foil
(c) Burlap
(d) Plastic

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary is told by the policemen that the weapon used to kill her husband was “most certainly a large piece of” what?

2. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?

3. Where in “Lamb to the Slaughter” does the rising action take place?

4. What word from the story refers to a state of being desperate or wild with excitement, passion or fear?

5. Mary is described as loving the way that Patrick remains silent about his what, in the beginning of the short story?

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