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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. Mary is told by the policemen that her husband has been killed how?
(a) By a gunshot wound to the stomach
(b) By a blow to the back of the head
(c) By suffocation after being hung
(d) By drowning in the bathtub

2. One of the police detectives asks Mary if anything in the house could have been used as a weapon and if she will take a look around to see if anything is missing. What items does he suggest?
(a) A frying pan or a fire poker
(b) A brick or a rock
(c) A big spanner or a heavy metal vase
(d) A hammer or a shovel

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) Loud and boisterous
(c) Mumbling and incoherent
(d) Soft and satisfied

4. How is Mary said to greet the store clerk when she arrives after killing Patrick?
(a) Decisively
(b) Faintly
(c) Sadly
(d) Brightly

5. How is the shape of Patrick’s mouth described in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Obtuse
(b) Small
(c) Funny
(d) Large

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary rehearse speaking to in her bedroom after killing Patrick?

2. What word from the short story refers to the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers?

3. How does Mary greet her husband when he arrives in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?

5. Mary notices a little muscle twitching where on Patrick’s face as he begins to talk to her?

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