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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 overhears the police detective telling another that the store clerk said Mary’s behavior was what?
(a) Very strange
(b) Slightly paranoid
(c) Quite normal
(d) Overly giddy

2. Where was author Roald Dahl born?
(a) Russia
(b) Norway
(c) Poland
(d) Wales

3. Mary tells the store clerk that Patrick has caught her without any what?
(a) Meat
(b) Beverages
(c) Vegetables
(d) Dessert

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

5. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Fresh ice cubes
(b) A bottle of beer
(c) Stagnant water
(d) A bottle of champagne

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary stops to wonder after killing Patrick, “What were the laws about murderers with” what?

2. Where does Mary discover her dead husband lying after she returns from the store?

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

4. Mary tells the police officers that arrive that she had been where when Patrick was killed?

5. Sergeant Noonan asks Mary if she would like to go somewhere else and suggests going to whose house in the story?

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