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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 does Mary do at the end of the short story?
(a) She trembles
(b) She giggles
(c) She vomits
(d) She cries

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

3. What does Patrick say when Mary “began to get frightened” in the first section of the story?
(a) I don’t want any dinner
(b) I need another drink
(c) Just for a minute, sit down
(d) Is dinner ready yet?

4. Mary tells the police officers that arrive that she had been where when Patrick was killed?
(a) The grocery store
(b) The department store
(c) The library
(d) The church

5. What are the first thoughts that Mary thinks after killing her husband?
(a) I must call the police
(b) Oh dear Lord what have I done
(c) All right. So I’ve killed him
(d) Hail to Mary, I’ve done it

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary’s presumed reason for going to the store in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What does Mary attempt to do in the bedroom after killing Patrick?

3. How is the drink that Mary mixes for Patrick described after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. What is a prominent literary element in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. How is the room that Mary waits in described in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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