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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 doing as she enters her home from the store?
(a) Frowning and praying
(b) Humming and smiling
(c) Crying and thinking
(d) Laughing and giggling

2. What word from the story refers to a state of being desperate or wild with excitement, passion or fear?
(a) Wonder
(b) Astonishment
(c) Frantic
(d) Grief

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

4. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?
(a) Sergeant Noonan
(b) O'Malley
(c) A police photographer
(d) A doctor

5. What member of the investigative team departs after the body has been carried out on a stretcher?
(a) The fingerprint man
(b) A doctor
(c) Charlie
(d) A police photographer

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Mary call out when she returns from the store?

2. Who discovers a small patch of congealed blood on Patrick’s head when the police arrive?

3. What is the first question that Mary asks Patrick after he arrives home?

4. The plot structure of “Lamb to the Slaughter” depicts which qualities?

5. Mary’s feelings for her husband in the beginning of the story are defined in which way?

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