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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. Patrick tells Mary after he’s finished his story, “So there it is. And I know it’s kind of” what?
(a) Inconvenient
(b) A shock for you
(c) A bad time to be telling you
(d) Angering

2. Who gets up at once after the congealed blood is found on Patrick’s head and hurries to the phone?
(a) O’Malley
(b) The fingerprint man
(c) Charlie
(d) Sergeant Noonan

3. Mary is told by the policemen that her husband has been killed with what weapon?
(a) A sharp knife
(b) A large caliber firearm
(c) A heavy blunt instrument
(d) A small caliber firearm

4. What kind of store does Mary go to after killing Patrick?
(a) A grocery store
(b) A candy store
(c) A bookstore
(d) A taxidermy store

5. Mary tells the police detectives that she was doing what when Patrick arrived home from work?
(a) Sewing
(b) Cleaning
(c) Singing
(d) Reading

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary resume doing after Patrick arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What overturns when Patrick falls to his death in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What word from the story means a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law?

4. What is Mary’s presumed reason for going to the store in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. What murder weapon is used to kill Patrick in the story?

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