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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 short story refers to the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers?
(a) Rebuttal
(b) Parade
(c) Tolerance
(d) Hospitality

2. How are Patrick’s legs described when Mary sees his body after returning from the store?
(a) At right angles
(b) In a knot
(c) Doubled up
(d) Straight as arrows

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

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

5. Where is Patrick standing when Mary reenters the living room with the meat from the freezer?
(a) On the stairs
(b) In the kitchen
(c) On the porch
(d) By the window

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says that it is probably where?

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

4. According to the narrator, Mary “knew [Patrick] didn’t want to speak much until” what was finished?

5. Who gets up at once after the congealed blood is found on Patrick’s head and hurries to the phone?

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