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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 is said to watch Patrick as he relates his statement “with a kind of dazed” what?
(a) Amazement
(b) Shock
(c) Relief
(d) Horror

2. Author Roald Dahl is perhaps best known for writing what children’s novel?
(a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(b) Sarah, Plain and Tall
(c) Where the Wild Things Are
(d) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

3. Where does Mary set her parcel from the store down when she enters her home?
(a) On the kitchen table
(b) On the floor
(c) In a chair
(d) In the sink

4. What is Mary’s presumed reason for going to the store in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) She was out of milk
(b) To establish an alibi
(c) She wanted to get away from her husband
(d) She needed vegetables

5. As Patrick begins to talk to Mary, the lamplight leaves what aspects of his face in shadow?
(a) His chin and mouth
(b) His nose and hair
(c) His cheek and eyebrow
(d) His hair and ears

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mary exit the home after killing Patrick?

2. Where does Mary sit in the bedroom after killing Patrick?

3. According to the narrator, Mary “knew [Patrick] didn’t want to speak much until” what was finished?

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

5. 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?

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