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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. Where does Mary set her parcel from the store down when she enters her home?
(a) On the floor
(b) In the sink
(c) In a chair
(d) On the kitchen table

2. What word from the short story means to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination?
(a) Decisive
(b) Ponder
(c) Hesitate
(d) Abundant

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

4. Mary notices a little muscle twitching where on Patrick’s face as he begins to talk to her?
(a) Near the corner of his left eye
(b) On his forehead
(c) Near the left corner of his mouth
(d) Near the corner of his right eye

5. How far along is Mary’s pregnancy in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) 2 months
(b) 8 months
(c) 4 months
(d) 6 months

Short Answer Questions

1. How many policemen are left in Mary’s house after they’ve all had drinks?

2. Mary tells the store clerk that Patrick has caught her without any what?

3. The narrator states that Mary “loved to” do what “in the presence of this man” (Patrick) in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. What is Mary doing as she awaits her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. One of the officers in the kitchen says of Patrick, “The doc says his skull was smashed all to pieces just like from a” what?

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