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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 Mary’s presumed reason for killing her husband in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Mary kills him because he won’t attend church
(b) Mary kills him because he is leaving her
(c) Mary kills him because he is an alcoholic
(d) Mary kills him because he lost his job

2. 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) 1-2 minutes
(c) 2-3 minutes
(d) 3-4 minutes

3. What is Mary’s response when Patrick tells her, “Listen, I’ve got something to tell you”?
(a) Should I sit down for this?
(b) Could it wait until after dinner?
(c) What is it, darling? What’s the matter?
(d) Please, explain yourself

4. Mary tells the police detectives that the meat for Patrick’s dinner is where when they question her?
(a) In the refrigerator
(b) Cooking in the oven
(c) Thawing in the sink
(d) In the freezer

5. Where was “Lamb to the Slaughter” first published?
(a) Newsweek
(b) Reader’s Digest
(c) New York Magazine
(d) Harper’s Magazine

Short Answer Questions

1. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?

2. Mary is told by the policemen that the weapon used to kill her husband was “most certainly a large piece of” what?

3. What does Mary attempt to do when Patrick tells her to “sit down” after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. What is Mary’s response when she sees Patrick’s body after returning from the store?

5. What is Mary’s presumed reason for going to the store in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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