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

2. Patrick tells Mary that what he has to say will be what to her in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Potentially crushing
(b) A bit of a shock
(c) Not what she wants to hear
(d) Somewhat of a relief

3. What is a literary technique used to develop suspense in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) Literary allusion
(c) Assonance
(d) Nonlinear plot

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

5. How is the drink that Mary mixes for Patrick described after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Strongish
(b) Ice cold
(c) Just right
(d) Weakish

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in “Lamb to the Slaughter” does the rising action take place?

2. Patrick tells Mary that he’ll give her what after he’s related his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?

4. After Patrick is confirmed as dead, who arrives next to Mary’s house to join the investigation?

5. From what narrative point of view is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?

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