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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 word from the story means a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law?
(a) Motive
(b) Penalty
(c) Judgment
(d) Evidence

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

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?
(a) Can
(b) Got to
(c) Need
(d) Should

4. Mary overhears the police detective telling another that the store clerk said Mary’s behavior was what?
(a) Very strange
(b) Overly giddy
(c) Quite normal
(d) Slightly paranoid

5. What member of the investigative team departs after the body has been carried out on a stretcher?
(a) The fingerprint man
(b) Charlie
(c) A doctor
(d) A police photographer

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Mary explains that she hasn’t made any supper for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. What is Mary doing as she enters her home from the store?

5. Mary tells herself on the way home from the store that if she does things correctly “there’ll be no need for any” what at all?

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