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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 is the officer’s reply when another says from the kitchen, "She wants us to finish it. She said so. Be doing her a favor”?
(a) Let’s just hide it in the trash
(b) I would but I’m full
(c) Okay then. Give me some more
(d) Fine, I’ll take some home for my dog

2. Mary is told by the policemen that her husband has been killed with what weapon?
(a) A small caliber firearm
(b) A large caliber firearm
(c) A heavy blunt instrument
(d) A sharp knife

3. When Mary leaves the store, she tells herself that she’s returning home to do what?
(a) Finish the laundry
(b) Call her sister on the phone
(c) Wash the dishes
(d) Cook dinner for her husband

4. When Mary leaves to go to the store, it’s not yet what time?
(a) 9:00 p.m.
(b) 10:00 a.m.
(c) 6:00 p.m
(d) 3:00 p.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the presumed setting of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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

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

4. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was written and is presumably set in what era?

5. The narrator states in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” that the time when Mary’s husband arrives home is always what kind of “time of day” for her?

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