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

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

3. What does Mary resume doing after Patrick arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Humming
(b) Reading
(c) Sewing
(d) Cooking

4. When Mary leaves to go to the store, it’s not yet what time?
(a) 3:00 p.m.
(b) 10:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 p.m.
(d) 6:00 p.m

5. Who is offered more as Mary listens to the policemen in the kitchen eating?
(a) Sergeant Noonan
(b) Mary
(c) Charlie
(d) Patrick

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the shape of Patrick’s mouth described in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What food item does Mary offer to Patrick after he arrives home?

4. Patrick is described as sitting how in a chair in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. How does Mary kill her husband in the story?

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