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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. According to the narrator, “the detectives kept asking [Mary] a lot of questions. But they always treated her” how?
(a) Suspiciously
(b) Respectfully
(c) Kindly
(d) Innocently

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

3. What does Mary take when she runs downstairs after rehearsing in her room?
(a) Her purse
(b) Her shoes
(c) Her hat
(d) Her coat

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

5. What word from the story refers to keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss?
(a) Grief
(b) Astonishment
(c) Frantic
(d) Wonder

Short Answer Questions

1. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?

2. How long does Patrick remain standing before he crashes to the carpet?

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

4. What kind of look describes Mary’s eyes in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. Patrick’s “statement” to Mary is not detailed in the text, but is said to last now long at most?

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