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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. How many table lamps are described in the room in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 3

2. Mary calls the police officer’s dear friends of whom in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Patrick
(b) Sam
(c) Hers
(d) Jesus

3. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?
(a) Alibi
(b) Prosecution
(c) Motive
(d) Sentence

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in “Lamb to the Slaughter” does the rising action take place?

2. Mary overhears the police detective telling another that the store clerk said Mary’s behavior was what?

3. What is described as being “twisted back underneath [Patrick’s] body” when Mary returns home from the store?

4. What is a prominent literary element in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. All of Mary’s movements are said to be what, after Patrick has told her his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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