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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 color is Patrick’s second drink that he makes for himself described as?
(a) Light crimson
(b) Black
(c) Light brown
(d) Dark amber

2. How is Patrick said to travel in relation to Mary as he relates his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Above and beyond her with each word
(b) Entangling toward her with each word
(c) Further and further away from her with each word
(d) Closer and closer to her with each word

3. As Mary, in the living room, listens to the policemen in the kitchen, their voices are described as being what “because their mouths were full of meat”?
(a) Thick and sloppy
(b) Mumbling and incoherent
(c) Soft and satisfied
(d) Loud and boisterous

4. What is Mary’s presumed reason for going to the store in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) She needed vegetables
(b) She wanted to get away from her husband
(c) To establish an alibi
(d) She was out of milk

5. Who does Mary rehearse speaking to in her bedroom after killing Patrick?
(a) O’Malley
(b) Paul
(c) Sam
(d) Patrick

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary tells the police detectives that Patrick was where when she returned from the store?

2. What is Mary’s response when Patrick tells her, “Listen, I’ve got something to tell you”?

3. What is Mary’s presumed reason for killing her husband in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. What word from the short story means to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination?

5. The final comment made by the policemen in “Lamb to the Slaughter” relates to which literary element?

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