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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 is said to watch Patrick as he relates his statement “with a kind of dazed” what?
(a) Shock
(b) Horror
(c) Relief
(d) Amazement

2. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was adapted for an episode of what television show?
(a) The Twilight Zone
(b) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(c) Unsolved Mysteries
(d) Saturday Night Live

3. What member of the investigative team departs after the body has been carried out on a stretcher?
(a) A doctor
(b) The fingerprint man
(c) A police photographer
(d) Charlie

4. How many police officers initially arrive after Mary calls the police?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 2

5. Mary complains about what aspect of Patrick’s job after his arrival home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Driving all day long
(b) Talking all day long
(c) Sitting in a chair behind a desk all day long
(d) Walking about on his feet all day long

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do at the end of the short story?

2. Patrick tells Mary after relating his story that “there needn’t really be any” what?

3. What is Mary doing as she awaits her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?

5. How long does Patrick remain standing before he crashes to the carpet?

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