2. What is Patrick’s profession in the short story?
(a) He is a doctor
(b) He is a taxicab driver
(c) He is a policeman
(d) He is a truck driver

3. When Sergeant Noonan offers to take Mary to another house for the night, she responds that she “didn’t feel like she could move even” how much “at the moment”?
(a) A yard
(b) An inch
(c) A foot
(d) A centimeter

4. Patrick’s “statement” to Mary is not detailed in the text, but is said to last now long at most?
(a) 2-3 minutes
(b) 4-5 minutes
(c) 1-2 minutes
(d) 3-4 minutes

5. What kind of air is described about Mary and “everything she did” in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A quick frantic air
(b) A free-spirited air
(c) A methodical air
(d) A slow smiling air

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What kind of meat does Mary take from the freezer in the story?

3. Mary’s feelings for her husband in the beginning of the story are defined in which way?

4. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was adapted for an episode of what television show?

5. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?

(see the answer key)

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