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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. Mary’s feelings for her husband in the beginning of the story are defined in which way?
(a) Mary adores her husband
(b) Mary fears her husband
(c) Mary detests her husband
(d) Mary is enraged at her husband

2. What kind of store does Mary go to after killing Patrick?
(a) A taxidermy store
(b) A candy store
(c) A grocery store
(d) A bookstore

3. Who is the officer who is asked by another in the kitchen, “What do you think?”
(a) Charlie
(b) Sergeant Noonan
(c) The fingerprint man
(d) O'Malley

4. One of the officers in the kitchen says of Patrick, “The doc says his skull was smashed all to pieces just like from a” what?
(a) A piece of firewood
(b) Baseball bat
(c) Tire iron
(d) Sledgehammer

5. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A bottle of beer
(b) Fresh ice cubes
(c) A bottle of champagne
(d) Stagnant water

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary buy at the store after she’s killed Patrick?

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

3. Who is the protagonist of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. What does Mary request while she’s rehearsing in her room after killing Patrick?

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

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