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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 does Mary say there’s “plenty of meat and stuff” after Patrick’s arrival?
(a) In the cabinets
(b) In the freezer
(c) In the garage
(d) In the cellar

2. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says that it is probably where?
(a) Long gone
(b) In an alleyway somewhere
(c) Somewhere hidden in the garden
(d) Right under our noses

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

4. When Mary gets up to leave the room after Patrick’s related his story, she cannot feel what?
(a) Her face looking in the mirror
(b) Her hands reaching for her coat
(c) Her eyes, gazing around the room
(d) Her feet touching the floor

5. What does Mary resume doing after Patrick arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Cooking
(b) Reading
(c) Humming
(d) Sewing

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?

2. Who gets up at once after the congealed blood is found on Patrick’s head and hurries to the phone?

3. Which object from “Lamb to the Slaughter” symbolizes “revenge”?

4. Patrick tells Mary in the first half of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” “I hope you won’t blame” who too much?

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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