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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. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?
(a) Brick
(b) Board
(c) Log
(d) Club

2. What does Patrick say when Mary “began to get frightened” in the first section of the story?
(a) I don’t want any dinner
(b) Is dinner ready yet?
(c) Just for a minute, sit down
(d) I need another drink

3. Patrick tells Mary not to make supper for him for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) He’s not hungry
(b) He doesn’t like her cooking
(c) He’s going out
(d) It is too late in the day

4. Mary tells Patrick that he can eat his dinner where in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) At the diner
(b) In the dining room
(c) At the restaurant
(d) In his chair

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Patrick’s profession in the short story?

3. What overturns when Patrick falls to his death in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. Where does Mary sit in the bedroom after killing Patrick?

5. What is the first sound that Mary hears of her husband’s arrival in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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