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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. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?
(a) At her mother’s house
(b) In the garden around the house
(c) At the grocery store
(d) In the cellar and attic

2. Patrick tells Mary that he’ll give her what after he’s related his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) The car
(b) Money
(c) The house
(d) The child

3. What is the meat from the freezer wrapped in?
(a) Plastic
(b) Paper
(c) Burlap
(d) Foil

4. “Lamb to the Slaughter” is included in what short story compilation?
(a) Impossible to Solve
(b) Truth be Told
(c) Someone Like You
(d) Tales from Afar

5. What is a prominent literary element in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Symbolism
(b) Repetitive verse
(c) Literary allusion
(d) Onomatopoeia

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Mary call Sergeant Noonan as the investigation continues?

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

3. What word from the story refers to a state of being desperate or wild with excitement, passion or fear?

4. Mary tells the police detectives that she was doing what when Patrick arrived home from work?

5. Where was “Lamb to the Slaughter” first published?

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