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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. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was initially rejected by what periodical for publication?
(a) Newsweek
(b) The New Yorker
(c) Readers Digest
(d) Harper’s Magazine

2. How is the drink that Mary mixes for Patrick described after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Ice cold
(b) Just right
(c) Strongish
(d) Weakish

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

4. How does Mary greet her husband when he arrives in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) I missed you
(b) Hullo darling
(c) Hello sweetheart
(d) Welcome home

5. What word from the story refers to keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss?
(a) Wonder
(b) Grief
(c) Astonishment
(d) Frantic

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary say when the police pick up after she calls them?

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

3. Author Roald Dahl is perhaps best known for writing what children’s novel?

4. What does the store clerk inquire if Mary wants to purchase?

5. How is Mary said to greet the store clerk when she arrives after killing Patrick?

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