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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. What color is Patrick’s second drink that he makes for himself described as?
(a) Light brown
(b) Black
(c) Light crimson
(d) Dark amber

2. Mary tells the police detectives that she was doing what when Patrick arrived home from work?
(a) Singing
(b) Reading
(c) Sewing
(d) Cleaning

3. What does Mary say when the police pick up after she calls them?
(a) I need an ambulance
(b) Quick! Come quick! Patrick’s dead!
(c) My husband has been attacked
(d) There has been a murder

4. Patrick tells Mary in the story, “I've thought about it a good deal and I've decided the only thing to do is” what?
(a) Tell you right away
(b) Get a divorce
(c) Pray for forgiveness
(d) Put the baby up for adoption

5. What literary style that applies to “Lamb to the Slaughter” refers to the use of the grotesque, morbid, or absurd for darkly comic purposes?
(a) Black humor
(b) Metaphor
(c) Alliteration
(d) Assonance

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of quality describes Mary’s skin in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What does Mary do with the meat after killing Patrick?

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

4. The plot structure of “Lamb to the Slaughter” depicts which qualities?

5. By what name does Mary call Sergeant Noonan as the investigation continues?

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