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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. How are Mary’s eyes described in the story?
(a) Large
(b) Slanted
(c) Beady
(d) Small

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

3. What is a literary technique used to develop suspense in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Literary allusion
(b) Foreshadowing
(c) Nonlinear plot
(d) Assonance

4. What does Mary buy at the store after she’s killed Patrick?
(a) Candy and cigarettes
(b) Rice and cheese
(c) Potatoes and peas
(d) A newspaper and a book

5. What does Mary attempt to do when Patrick tells her to “sit down” after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Call the police
(b) Call her mother
(c) Go to the grocery store
(d) Make him a second drink

Short Answer Questions

1. As Patrick begins to talk to Mary, the lamplight leaves what aspects of his face in shadow?

2. How is the drink that Mary mixes for Patrick described after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. How are Patrick’s legs described when Mary sees his body after returning from the store?

4. To whom does Mary call out when she returns from the store?

5. Who discovers a small patch of congealed blood on Patrick’s head when the police arrive?

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