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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 plot structure of “Lamb to the Slaughter” depicts which qualities?
(a) It follows a nonlinear plot line
(b) It follows an anticlimactic plot line
(c) It follows a traditional plot line
(d) It follows a postmodern plot line

2. What dessert does Mary purchase at the store?
(a) Cheesecake
(b) Lemon cake
(c) Iced cream
(d) Apple pie

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

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) On the stairs
(d) Slumped over the sofa

5. Where in “Lamb to the Slaughter” does the rising action take place?
(a) When Mary calls the police
(b) When Patrick tells Mary he’s leaving her
(c) When Mary goes to the store
(d) When the police arrive at Mary’s door

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary take when she runs downstairs after rehearsing in her room?

2. According to the narrator, after Patrick tells Mary his story, “Her first instinct was to” do what?

3. Of the murder weapon, one of the policemen in the kitchen says, "Whoever done it, they're not going to be carrying a thing like that around with them longer than they” what?

4. What does Mary offer to get Patrick, but is turned down, after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

5. Who is the protagonist of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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