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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. The narrator states that Mary “loved to” do what “in the presence of this man” (Patrick) in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Pray
(b) Entertain
(c) Philosophize
(d) Luxuriate

2. All of Mary’s movements are said to be what, after Patrick has told her his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Monotonous
(b) Stilted
(c) Automatic
(d) Ominous

3. Patrick tells Mary not to make supper for him for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) He’s not hungry
(b) It is too late in the day
(c) He’s going out
(d) He doesn’t like her cooking

4. Where does Mary tell the police officer on the phone that Patrick is when she calls them?
(a) In his chair
(b) Lying on the floor
(c) Slumped over the sofa
(d) On the stairs

5. Patrick’s “statement” to Mary is not detailed in the text, but is said to last now long at most?
(a) 4-5 minutes
(b) 2-3 minutes
(c) 1-2 minutes
(d) 3-4 minutes

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary is said to watch Patrick as he relates his statement “with a kind of dazed” what?

2. What is a literary technique used to develop suspense in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What kind of meat does Mary take from the freezer in the story?

4. Where does Mary discover her dead husband lying after she returns from the store?

5. What kind of air is described about Mary and “everything she did” in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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