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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. One of the policemen says to Mary, “It’s the old story. Get the weapon, and you’ve got” what?
(a) More questions
(b) The answers
(c) The man
(d) A good lead

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

3. By what name is Mary addressed by the store clerk?
(a) Mrs. Maloney
(b) Mary
(c) Mrs. M.
(d) Miss Mary

4. What is the “small favor” that Mary asks of Sergeant Noonan and the other officers?
(a) To leave
(b) To let her go to sleep
(c) To let her take a bath
(d) To eat dinner

5. What does Mary request while she’s rehearsing in her room after killing Patrick?
(a) Her mother’s phone number
(b) Potatoes and peas
(c) A lawyer
(d) Ham and eggs

Short Answer Questions

1. From what narrative tense is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?

2. “Lamb to the Slaughter” is included in what short story compilation?

3. How far along is Mary’s pregnancy in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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

5. Mary is told by the policemen that the weapon used to kill her husband was “most certainly a large piece of” what?

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