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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. From what narrative tense is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?
(a) Future imperfect tense
(b) Present tense
(c) Present possessive tense
(d) Past tense

2. What time does the clock say when Mary begins to listen for her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) 3:30 p.m.
(b) 5:15 p.m.
(c) 4:50 p.m.
(d) 8:05 p.m.

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

4. What is the presumed setting of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) The United States
(b) Canada
(c) France
(d) England

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was adapted for an episode of what television show?

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

4. What is Mary’s presumed reason for killing her husband in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. Mary notices a little muscle twitching where on Patrick’s face as he begins to talk to her?

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