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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. Author Roald Dahl was born in what year?
(a) 1916
(b) 1897
(c) 1961
(d) 1932

2. What is Sergeant Noonan’s first name in the story?
(a) Jack
(b) James
(c) Peter
(d) Patrick

3. Who is offered more as Mary listens to the policemen in the kitchen eating?
(a) Sergeant Noonan
(b) Charlie
(c) Mary
(d) Patrick

4. Mary tells Patrick that he can eat his dinner where in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) At the restaurant
(b) At the diner
(c) In the dining room
(d) In his chair

5. How are Mary’s actions described when she kills her husband?
(a) Filled with remorse
(b) Without any pause
(c) Hesitant
(d) Rage driven

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary tells the police detectives that the meat for Patrick’s dinner is where when they question her?

2. Where does Mary go after leaving Patrick in the living room in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. When Mary leaves to go to the store, it’s not yet what time?

4. Patrick tells Mary in the first half of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” “I hope you won’t blame” who too much?

5. To whom does Mary call out when she returns from the store?

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