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

2. How are Mary’s eyes described in the story?
(a) Beady
(b) Slanted
(c) Small
(d) Large

3. How is the drink that Mary mixes for herself described in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Weak
(b) Just right
(c) Ice cold
(d) Strong

4. What is Mary’s response when she sees Patrick’s body after returning from the store?
(a) She kicks the body
(b) She laughs
(c) She begins crying
(d) She runs and hides

5. How does Mary kill her husband in the story?
(a) She hits him over the head
(b) She strangles him
(c) She shoots him in the chest
(d) She poisons him

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary doing as she enters her home from the store?

2. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was initially rejected by what periodical for publication?

3. What does Mary request while she’s rehearsing in her room after killing Patrick?

4. How does Mary greet her husband when he arrives in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. When Mary gets up to leave the room after Patrick’s related his story, she cannot feel what?

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