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

2. How is the room that Mary waits in described in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Warm and clean
(b) Dark but dirty
(c) Dark but clean
(d) Cold and dirty

3. What day of the week is it in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Sunday
(b) Friday
(c) Thursday
(d) Tuesday

4. What is Mary doing as she awaits her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Reading
(b) Sewing
(c) Painting
(d) Listening to the radio

5. Patrick tells Mary after he’s finished his story, “So there it is. And I know it’s kind of” what?
(a) A shock for you
(b) A bad time to be telling you
(c) Angering
(d) Inconvenient

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are Mary’s actions described when she kills her husband?

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

4. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?

5. Who does Mary rehearse speaking to in her bedroom after killing Patrick?

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