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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. Where is Patrick standing when Mary reenters the living room with the meat from the freezer?
(a) In the kitchen
(b) On the stairs
(c) On the porch
(d) By the window

2. What is the first sound that Mary hears of her husband’s arrival in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Tires on the gravel
(b) Coughing
(c) A creaking gate
(d) Singing

3. What overturns when Patrick falls to his death in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A small table
(b) A bookshelf
(c) A radio
(d) A lamp

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

5. Patrick tells Mary that what he has to say will be what to her in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Not what she wants to hear
(b) Potentially crushing
(c) A bit of a shock
(d) Somewhat of a relief

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Mary commits the crime of murder, she exhibits the qualities of what archetype or stereotype in the story?

2. 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”?

3. What is Patrick’s profession in the short story?

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

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

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