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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. Who is working at the store when Mary arrives after killing Patrick?
(a) Charlie
(b) Patrick
(c) Robert
(d) Sam

2. What does Mary do with the meat after killing Patrick?
(a) Throws it onto the grill
(b) Puts it into the fireplace
(c) Puts it in the oven
(d) Throws it into the trash

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

4. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was initially rejected by what periodical for publication?
(a) The New Yorker
(b) Newsweek
(c) Harper’s Magazine
(d) Readers Digest

5. Mary explains that she hasn’t made any supper for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) They are out of food
(b) They eat out on Thursdays
(c) They are eating at the neighbor’s house
(d) She is very sick

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is offered more as Mary listens to the policemen in the kitchen eating?

2. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What does Mary take when she runs downstairs after rehearsing in her room?

4. One of the police detectives asks Mary if anything in the house could have been used as a weapon and if she will take a look around to see if anything is missing. What items does he suggest?

5. Mary tells the police detective that she doesn’t own any items like he suggested for the murder weapon, but that there might be some things like that where?

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