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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 Mary’s presumed reason for going to the store in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) She was out of milk
(b) She needed vegetables
(c) She wanted to get away from her husband
(d) To establish an alibi

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

3. What is described as being “twisted back underneath [Patrick’s] body” when Mary returns home from the store?
(a) Patrick’s neck
(b) Patrick’s arm
(c) Patrick’s foot
(d) Patrick’s leg

4. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says that it is probably where?
(a) In an alleyway somewhere
(b) Right under our noses
(c) Somewhere hidden in the garden
(d) Long gone

5. What does Mary attempt to do in the bedroom after killing Patrick?
(a) Smile
(b) Call her mother
(c) Cry
(d) Scream

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that Mary “loved to” do what “in the presence of this man” (Patrick) in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?

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

4. Sergeant Noonan discovers that what is still on in the kitchen?

5. What overturns when Patrick falls to his death in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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